Category: Western Australia

‘Watch your step as you get off the plane. We have a couple of pets down there, and they bite’. No kidding. As we stepped off the seaplane and onto the pontoon three or four unmistakably sharkish shapes could be seen swimming just below the surface. We were in Talbot Bay, the water was blue and clear and all around us the reddish cliffs and hills of the Buccaneer Archipelago stood. The seaplane was tethered to a little complex of pontoons; a floating hotel, harbor and picnic spot. Two sleek looking boats with both with twin ‘V6’ engines the size of wheelie bins stood at the ready, one slightly larger than the other. Continue reading “Day 37 Horizontal Falls” →

We weren’t sure we could fill 5 days in Derby and before we arrived we had been plotting where else we could go for a few days before our booking in Broome. As it turns out, we’re still here on day 5 and have had no trouble filling our days. I’m writing this blog from the Derby Memorial Swimming Pool. This is our third visit. It’s a 25m pool, water park, playground and kids pool… And we are currently one of two families here. The locals think it is too cold at this time of year…. Hmmm it’s 33 degrees outside?! Speaking of the temperature, it’s great for drying washing, there is a slight breeze which helps too. But this, combined with the 12 industrial sized hills hoists was not enough for some people I met at the laundry today. They were one their way to the office to get another $3 for the dryer… That would be $3 for the washing and $6 for the dryer! And they were complaining it was taking a long time… I kept my mouth shut. Continue reading “Day 32-35 Derby days” →

Leaving Kununurra was a little bit hard. We had settled in well to our lagoon side site, the kids had made friends and we finally sat down long enough to read our books – it was feeling less touristy, more holiday-like. Regardless we did pack up and headed south to Turkey Creek.

The scenery on this part of the drive was most enjoyable once again. I kept trying to think what it was like, but kept coming up blank. I know I’m not the most widely travelled person getting about, so it may just be my perspective, but it seems to me this is a unique part of the world. We passed by the entrance to the Bungle Bungle with something of a sigh… Next time. Only 50 km as the crow flies from the highway, but not so much as a hint of anything resembling them from our vantage point. Continue reading “Day 28-31 Across the Kimberley” →