Friday, August 10, 2012

Killing time in Kununurra

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We had a morning to occupy ourselves and enjoyed a road trip through the irrigated areas

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Return to Parry Lagoon!

How convenient! The drive back to Kununurra took us right past Parry Lagoon! We hadn’t seen brolgas there on our previous visit but this time….!
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Look! Peter lets Kath do some driving. The Wyndham plains surrounding the lagoons are a unique

Wyndham’s Crazy Croc Man!

Text from Ellen:

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Today we went to the crocodile farm at Wyndham. They had massive salt water crocs. We did the tour. In the tour we followed a man around while he talked and fed the crocodiles. They had no fresh water crocodiles - all salties. Some of the crocodiles jumped

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

The Dusty Bar (by Tom)

Home Valley Station

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Today we had dinner out at a bar in our homestead. The bar’s name was The Dusty Bar

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

A Barking owl visits, Home Valley Station

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Hannah’s view:
Last night during dinner we saw a large bird fly into a tree. It turned out to be a

The road to Home Valley Station

We set out from El Questro yesterday in high spirits, our intention being to back-track a little and visit Emma Gorge. After this we would tackle the next part of the Gibb River Road and stop at Home Valley Station. The destinations were reached and the scenery was spectacular, reminiscent of those American western movies. After our river crossings at El Questro we knew the Pentecost crossing would be a piece of cake!

Monday, August 6, 2012

Emma Gorge

Tom’s view:

Today we went to Emma Gorge. It was a bit like El Questro Gorge but a bit smaller. It had two waterholes at the end. The first one we didn’t go in but we should have because the last one was freezing.