Now in WA! At lovely Kununurra

Hello- We've crossed the border and have hit Western Australia! Here's our news:

Keep Range National Park, August 18th

The final rays of sun hit the top of a glowing red escarpment….it is still and peaceful apart from the final calls of a few birds as the day draws to a close and night sets in. I am in the Keep River Campground and loving this rare taste of peace and quiet! There are only about 4 other camp sites being used, as this park is often overlooked in people’s rush to travel further west to WA and the more well known national parks and highlights. Adam and I are so glad we decided to stop in here! It is refreshing to be somewhere beautiful without all the crowds which usually converge on the more touristy spots.

When we arrived after lunch it was baking hot, 34 degrees, and we set up and had something to eat, before setting out on an 8km bush walk . It was a hot walk at the start but really worthwhile, as we reached an excellent lookout with views over sandstone rock formations which are very similar to the Bungle Bungles, as well as the plains stretching far and wide in all directions, surrounding by a large ridge.
We continued round and saw some Aboriginal rock art and were lucky enough to spot a white quilled rock pigeon- a bird which doesn’t exist in many areas of Australia at all. At 6pm when we finished walking the sun was about half an hour away from setting and it was still 31 degrees. The winter days here are surprisingly long…although when we cross the border we have to set our clocks back and will then be 2 hours behind eastern time, so I imagine the days will become a little shorter again.

Now, lucky for me!, Adam has started a fire and is preparing some fish (the remains of the mackerel he caught at Karumba!) to put in the coals, wrapped in foil with some herbs and spices. He is also going to cook a damper in our camp oven- yum! Nothing like fresh warm damper with butter and jam. :-)

More soon… xoxox


Sunday August 20

Today I am sitting on the banks of pretty Lake Kununurra….beautiful spot and our caravan park fronts the lake- luckily we scored a good site right near the water’s edge. Crossed into WA yesterday and today we are having an easier day after being busy and active the past week.

Yesterday we did a couple more walks in the Keep River National Park (one just at sunrise which was great), before crossing the border and the strict quarantine checks (no fresh fruit, veggies, meat etc to be brought into wa)…The poor official who had to climb into Molly to check our fridge etc had to scramble over the piles of things we store in the van when we are on the road…plus the sink was dirty as we’d run out of water in Keep River NP to wash everything up properly- I was quite embarrassed by the state of the van! But anyway…we’ve been able to do a clean up since arriving here thankfully!

It’s great here..tomorrow we are doing a full day tour- a boat cruise on huge Lake Argyle, then a cruise down the Ord River back into Kununarra- should be tops. We are now 2 hours behind those of you on the east coast. The days are shorter once more.

Thinking of you all back home, Love Em & Ad xoxo