Kununurra was established to service the Ord River Irrigation scheme in 1960. It has a population of approximately 6000. There is quite a lot to do here but we chose to go and explore Lake Argyle. It certainly is an impressive sight, holding more water than Sydney Harbour. (cop that Sydney). You can drive around a lot of the area taking in the lake and the dam wall from many different view points. After our exploring here we went back to the caravan park and ...

Fitzroy Crossing was settled in the 1880's to service the pastoralists in the area. It now has a population of approximately 1500 in the town area. One of the tours to go on while at Fitzroy is a boat tour up the Geikie Gorge, conducted by the Dept. of Parks and Wildlife. A ranger from the department explains about the the geological structure, wildlife and the cultural significance of the area. Apart from the amazing colours of the rock formation and the colou...

Arrived Derby, saw Derby, leaving Derby tomorrow. Not a lot to keep us here. went for a walk along the local jetty which has 11 metre high tides, but when they are out the place is just a great big mud wasteland. This morning was high tide so a barge was in loading supplies to take to the small towns and communties dottted along the coast. Headed a little way out of town to see the Boab Prison Tree which hs a lot of history and is said to be about 1,000 years o...

Five days in Broome gave us a lot of time to have a good look around. Annettes sister Kaye also arived there so it was good to catch up with her hearing about her travels from Europe and Australia. She is going anti clockwise eventual destination Sth Australia (home). Had a wander around China town and other parts of the main town with some exploring by car. Headed around to Cable beach (with lots of othr tourists to take part and watch the sunset from a park a...

Port Hedland, another bulk terminal for shipping. Ore brought in from the mines and salt processed nearby are loaded onto ships which leave for all parts of the globe. To watch the ore trains arriving and leaving the port is certainly time consuming. Each train normaly consists of 3 locos, (one at the front and 2 in the middle of the cofiguation) with 134 ore carriges in the first section and 134 in the section. The total length is normaly 2.5 kilometers long,...