Kununurra

We travelled the long sealed road from Derby to Kununurra and on the way to Kununurra we stopped overnight near the Bungle Bungles to camp.... the kids slept in their new swags for the first time. Oh my goodness, they were so excited – they couldn’t wait to go to sleep. While Rod and I snuggled up in the caravan, the kids spent the first night under a clouded sky. And it rained. We invited them to come back into the caravan, but refused saying “We aren’t getting wet!”



We spent 4 nights in Kununurra.

When we arrived in Kununurra we met up with our dear friends, the Gallaghers. Everyone was happy to be reunited and we shared news of our respective trips!
The Gallaghers took us into town to the Visitor’s Centre and then all the kids went to the skate park. Daniel was so pleased that Ben Gallagher taught him to ride his ripstick up and down the ramps! And no doubt the boys asked to go to the skate park everyday!



The first evening we sat at our perfectly positioned camp site and watched the sunset over nibblies and a few wines. Later that evening we went for a walk to the Pump House to spotting freshwater crocs... they are much easier to see at night because their eyes glow. Then the boys went croc spotting on their own and got up close and personal with Rocky, the caravan park’s resident freshie.



Daniel was soooo overdue for a haircut and we’d finally convinced him to have a camp cut... no.1 all over. Daniel had decided to grow it, but the humidity changed his mind as he was always hot and sweaty.





I happened to get a flu and a chest infection and spent a couple of days resting. Rod took the kids to Kununurra library to complete their school work (or as Daniel calls it – ‘their fluff and stuff’), with their mates the Gallaghers. I believe they enjoyed working alongside their mates and were rewarded with a stop at the skate park.

One evening we met with the Rees Family and went to the lookout at Kelly’s Knob, giving long distance views over the township and farms of Kununurra. Then we went for a walk in the Mirima National Park – also known as the “Mini Bungle Bungles”. They came over afterwards and we had a barbecue along with the Gallaghers. Another croc hunting (or spotting) adventure occurred this particularly evening, we found a croc, a tortoise and a very long snake.

This night I slept in Chantelle’s swag and woke in the middle of the night to find an owl only a metre from my feet watching me sleep! I got up and went into the caravan to retrieve the camera and even managed to take a photo of it. It wasn’t afraid of my movement, just looked from side to side watching me.

The most awesome thing we did while in Kununurra was hire boats with the Gallagher Family for half the day – from 12 noon and headed off exploring Lake Kununurra.... The views were just magnificent - Gorgeous red cliffs and gorges, mangroves, and still mirrored water. It really felt like we were on a “Kimberley Adventure”. We found Freshwater Crocs perched on weed islands basking in the sun, a magnificent wedge-tailed eagle soaring above us, a brave blue tongue lizard and a golden tree snake swimming in the middle of the lake, which wanted to climb aboard our boat.







The kids and the adults enjoyed catching up with the Gallagher Family, who were headed for the Bungle Bungles the day we left. We look forward to catching up again soon and hearing their travelling news.

We are headed for the ‘Gibb River Road’............... EL QUESTRO HERE WE COME!