Go west young man!

Heading for Kununurra, Western Australia. Long drive today heading for the west coast.  The destination is Kununurra 500kms away. From here we cross Victoria River. Robbie catches some shut eye, and Linda and the kids check out the Victoria River Roadhouse. Here we get some sound advice - you have now entered croc country....all waters hold crocs, lots and lots of crocs. These ones are the salt water variety!!!! These ones like to eat ANYTHING!!!!

We know you know..........outside scenery constantly changing!!!!

At the lookout over Victoria River we have our first go at setting the self timer on the camera. Not a bad effort if we may say so!!

Timing is everything. Hadn't seen an oncoming vehicle for ages, then we detoured onto dirt for a couple of hundred metres around a bridge being rebuilt and copped 2 road trains and the accompanying dust cloud.  Quick dash to push the recirculating air button before we copped a car full of dust.



Setting up camp at a roadside stop called Saddle Creek. We are aprox 100kms from Kununurra. But with the sun setting earlier, we opt for a free camp. We are parked up against the sandstone escarpments we have had the pleasure of driving towards for the last hour.  It is prob about 40 degrees when we pull in, and as the sun sets, we have set up, have beer in hand and dinner on the barbecue. It is tonight we both notice how efficient we are becoming with the whole set up/pack up process, especially on these overnight stays.




Sun set at Saddle Creek. The clouds not only bring us intermittent relief from the hot sun during the day, but fabulous sunsets as well.

 

Time for some cards before dinner.

A liitle lizard trying to hitch a ride on one of the kids bikes.

Back on the road again in the morning. We were so super excited this morning by how early we were all packed. We weren't even the last to leave the campsite!!!!! WA here we come.

Quarantine check point at the NT/WA border. Quite a quick stop today as only honey to dispose of. We were prepared this time. Although we also had a great laugh at our own expense. We had forgotten that there is 1 1/2 hours time difference between NT & WA. That makes us now 3 hours behind Melbourne time. So...we left Saddle Creek at 8.30am, drove for an hour and arrived at the border at 8am. We were even better than first thought!!!! Little note to anyone that might be planning/thinking about travelling around Australia , we highly recommend having a copy of the Travellers Bible - Camps 5 Australia Wide, or whatever number they are up to. It identifies all the free/cheap roadside camps, and some caravan parks. We have had privilidge to stay at some excellent free camps thanks to the bible.  

Forever changing, even in WA!!!!

We get to see our first Boab tree. Note we have not spelt Boaz's name incorrectly, they are called Boab trees. They are a very special tree to the Kimberley region of WA. It grows on sandy plains, creek beds and stony ridges. It can grow to 15 metres tall. Some are a perfect shape, others can look quite grotesque. Its circumference can be up to 20 metres wide. Currently they are without leaves, but these are soon to start growing as the wet season approaches. We are told they have a really interesting white flower that only blooms during the night. There are Boab trees that are believed to be several thousand years old. Kununurra here we come.