This Beautiful Picture of BOAB trees is hung in the Rum Hoochery Bar in Kununurra. VERY stunning artistry
Huge Painting of Boab tree
Boob Trees
Kununurra where e stayed 7 nights instead of our original ONE night !
just a little history on Kununurra,,,,hopefully you can click on interesting links
The landscape surrounding Kununurra includes features such as Valentine Spring, Black Rock Creek and Middle Springs along with many other waterfalls and swimming holes. Popular fishing spots include Ivanhoe Crossing, The Diversion Dam, Buttons Crossing, and various locations along the Dunham and Ord Rivers.
The town is located close to the confluence of the Ord and the Dunham River. Lake Argyle, Australia’s largest artificial lake, over 100 square kilometres (39 sq mi) in size, is 72 km by road from the town. The town is relatively new and was gazetted in the late 1950s, at the time that the Ord River Irrigation scheme was initiated.
The scheme involved damming the Ord River and building a diversion dam 50 km downstream so that the waters could be directed to irrigate about 750 square kilometres (290 sq mi) of land. By 1966 there were 31 farms on the Ord River plains. By 1972 the second stage of the scheme was completed with the opening of the Lake Argyle Dam.
I LOVE this place Kununurra
This place (Kununurra) just gets better by the day
The catfish are below a lovely cafe called the Pump House.reinstated abandoned water pump Well worth a visit
Hello Kununurra!!!
After travelling a 100 kms mostly thru bush fires near Wyndham we crossed over the Diversion Dam (Man made overflow from the Ord River Dam Project (We immediately fell in love with this place)After booking into the Kimberley Land Holiday Park on the Lakes edge (Lilly Lagoon)and 40 Kms from the Northern Territory border we have decided to stay at least 5 days.The camp site boasts BBQ areas, Swimming Pool and all other facilities. We also took our sad Satellite top box to a specialist and he diagnosed it DEAD !! the vendor in Exmouth has promised to send us a NEW box and hopefully we should have by weekend (If this happens we cant fault the After Sales Service) No doubt the obligatory pictures will eventually follow ( we have already spotted a Frilly Necked Lizard) So for today that’s it folks we gunna sit outside in our new pillowed recliner chairs sipping alcohol !! CHEERS ~!!
Wyndham Old Town almost left abandoned . Eerie !!
Interesting old town The post office still has the private boxes outside
We have left Turkey Creek & the Bungle Bungles now at Wyndham
This place is incredible! its like a blast from the past (circa 1950) the old town is in disrepair & the buildings have been abandoned like a ghost town !! A lookout is situated atop Bastion Range and features the fantastic view of the joining of 5 rivers….Ord, Forrest, King, Durack and Pentecost, all which enter the Cambridge Gulf and surrounding mangrove swamps, mudflats and hills. The mangroves are also home for the very dangerous salt water crocodiles ,Pics will include the old town and 2 lovely old ladies that run a very old odd shop !! And a VERY very large concrete crocodile !!!
Travelling to the Bungle Bungles
Travel is extremely difficult as the road is very hazardous & dangerous We went thru a 3 foot deep hollow filled with water,the track road is full of rocks at times,is very sandy at times,and at ALL times a permanent hard ripple 2 to 6 inches in height !! every few kilometres HUGE tyres with chains attached are placed strategically SO that some buses will ‘hook’ them to the rear of the bus and drag the tyre behind for a short time in order to try and reduce the ripples !! Dust created by vehicles using the road is extreme & can reduce visibility for following vehicles to zero !! Most drivers are courteous when approaching and will slow down to limit the amount of dust thrown up Sadly there is always the odd hoon !
Watch me play Didgeridoo
Geoffs Life After Work ! 