Weds. April 16th in Kununurra in the Kimberley'sfighting a losing battle with tiny flies which are finding their way into the van even though we have all windows and the door closed.I really don't know how people can sit outside.We had an uneventful 2 day journey up from Broome.We had been warned not to stay in the townships of Fitzroy Crossing and Halls Creek because of the problems with the Aboriginals so we stayed in a couple of parks outside the towns and ap...

Sunday another hot day in BroomeWe set off for the open air cinema with our cushions/pillows last night but it started lightening and odd rumbles of thunder so we decided perhaps an open air cinema was not such a good idea and turned back.A good job we did because the whole town and van site lost power for about an hour.We thought we would go tonight but after we had been told by 2 people to drench ourselves with Aerogard (mossie deterrent) we thought maybe not a...

Saturday Broome sat in the vanbecause it is hot (36degrees), we are tired and the place we had in mind to visit this afternoon has decided to close for the weekend. We are going to go for a swim in the site pool which is very big, warm and even has a kind of waterfall cave you can swim behind.We are going to the cinema tonight to see St Trinians at the open air cinema which was built in the 1920s and is still as it was then but hopefully with better projectors.We...

Thursday BroomeJust a few lines about Weds.The tour of the iron ore plant in Port Hedland was expensive and not worth staying over an extra night for.The bus was dilapidated with dirty windows and the final insult was giving everyone free samples which were a leaflet and a plastic bag of iron ore powder. What on earth do they expect you to do with that?If you are over this way avoid Port Hedland if possible and especially avoid the tour and the cafes which are b...

Monday Port HedlandDidn't get to do the mine trip at Tom Price and now we are in Port Hedland another town expanded in the 60s this time to act as a port for the iron ore mines.We are hoping to do a tour on Weds to see the long, long trains which bring the ore from the mines and how it is loaded on the ships.If we don't get to do the tour there are viewpoints where you can get a good view of these things probably this is where the tour will take us.The van park w...