Judy & Brian Tour Oz

After leaving Fitzroy Crossing, we overnighted at Purnululu Camp Ground before making it the extra 250km into Kununurra the next day. We met Muriel and Paul for a chat and to make arrangements for dinner, which Muriel had organised already back at her van, cooking away in the crockpot. We spend a very enjoyable evening starting with Happy Hour and finishing with dinner, all washed down with some rather nice wine. We're not biased; we had red, white and bubbles... On Thursday we went out on Lake Kununurra for a 6 hour cruise that runs right up the full 56km length of the lake, right up the the Argyle Lake dam wall, and back. On the way we stopped to look at birds, creeks, gorges and crocodiles. We even squeezed in some afternoon tea along the way. Lake Kununurra, Ord River, Kununurra WA Snowflake Lily Lake Kununurra, Ord River, Kununurra WA Rock Wallaby Lake Kununurra, Ord River, Kununurra WA Folded sandstone strata Lake Kununurra, Ord River, Kununurra WA ...

A long tedious drive today from Broome to Fitzroy Crossing, battling the buffeting winds and negotiating the big stretches of roadwork in progress trying to fix the damage from last wet seasons flooding. The Fitzroy River Lodge is like an oasis though. I don't know where they get the water from but the sprinklers are on most of the time. The place is almost lush. This year they are allocating sites, not a find your own system like they had last time. Apart from the IGA , there is not a whole lot to see or do here in the town itself. All the action is 20km up stream where they do the tours of Geike Gorge, which we are giving a miss this time. We retired to the van and I went for a 2.5 km walk around the perimeter of the park. One side of the park is on the Fitzroy river, which must be spectacular in flood but a bare trickle at this time of the year. The erosion done to the bank here is quite evident, they may have even lost one of their glamping tents to the flood waters. Upst...

Hard to imagine but we needed a break after the big cruise. We had always planned 5 nights in Broome, but that is as far as the plan went. It's the sort of place where it's easy to do nothing, but we managed a few things just the same. We visited the Bird Park, which is 20km out of town and 35km down a dirt road. It sits on the edge of Roebuck Bay and various people told us it was just the place to go and see as many of the migratory birds as we could manage. Anyhow, when we got there, it is totally underwhelming. There are 3 things to go and see: the shade house, the hide and the viewing platform. All are within 100m of the office. We strolled over to the shade house, which appears to be the campgrounds camp kitchen but with one side in flywire and a small shallow bird bath on the ground just outside. We just went straight in as we would normally do. Well, it was like walking into someone else house. There were two women sitting at either end of the long table, facing out ...

Kimberly Cruise - Discovery One Day 1 - Saturday, June 9, 2018 Up at 6am this morning to finish preparing for the big adventure. Had breakfast, cleared out anything perishable and then moved the van and car to our designated parking spot for the next two weeks.  Earlier than we had to be, we were up at the reception by 8am and waiting for  the bus to take us to the wharf for the transfer to the Discovery One, our cruise ship. Soon we were joined by other couples and by the time the bus arrived we were 12 of the total of 16 passengers. The other 2 couples had come by the bus from Broome, having left at 6am. W e all bundled onto the bus for the short trip to the wharf, the boat ramp next to the wharf actually, where we waited a short while for the tender to come in. It took all the bags out to the boat, then came back for the two load of people. Finally we were on board and all are pleasantly surprised at the size and roominess of the boat. The gathering of the voyagers,...