We are now in Kununurra which is the Aboriginal name for meeting of the waters and is in the Eastern Kimberley area (population 6000 getting bigger). There are predominantly more Aboriginals here than anywhere else we have been but we are getting into the territory that still belongs to them. They are not spoken very highly of but they seem to be unemployed, noisey, abusive and waiting for the bottle store to open at midday. Took Ray by surprise as he was waiti...

We left Broome and headed for Fitzroy Crossing (home of the might "Fitzroy River, so all the guide books said). At last Ray would be able to spend a couple of days doing some serious fishing. The campsite was near the river and 4 stars - all was looking good. As we had seen some crocs swimming in another river we had crossed Ray asked if it was safe to fish. "O yeah no probs we do have crocs but they are freshwater so they will hiss at you, just move on...

We feel even more chilled out now if that is possible. Have spent 3 days just relaxing by the pool followed by sunset walks along the beach and there is certainly plenty of beach here. Of course we had to keep up with the local history and went on a tour of the Pearl Luggers museum - only a small place but very informative and interesting. They still have the last two pearl lugger boats on show. The mother of pearl industry was set up here in 1880's and what an...

After two days of driving we have arrived in Broome. On the way we saw modern day "Rawhide." As we were going along we could see several big dust balls ahead. Not knowing what to expect we slowed down to find thousans of cows (almost buffalo looking) being herded along and the cowhands were driving them sitting on quad bikes - how times have changed! Broome is a relatively small town to us but larger than average here (population 14,000). Not much ...

As the weather was good we decided to stay the morning on Ningaloo Reef as Saturday had been overcast and we did not see its full beauty. We went to Turquoise Bay and that it certainly was - a fairly shallow lagoon of crystal clear water. So many fish at your feet; Ray was having a fit because he was not allowed to fish as the area was a Sanctuary Zone and no fishing permitted. Anyway time was ticking and we had to start heading north, which we did. Another 3...