Day 121 Kununurra Rest Area – Kununurra 30th - 31st July

We left early in the morning and drove a short 12km to Kununurra to stay at the Kimberleyland Caravan Park. The park was packed and we found a spot in the overflow area of the overflow area. Funnily enough, this turned out to be beautiful spot, right next to the lake with amazing views and soft grass under our feet. At the caravan park we also bumped into Tim & Justina and their kids – so the day was very much a Great Divide Tours reunion.

Not bad for an overflow of an overflow

Morning view

Jesus Bird walking on water

Kelly's Knob Lookout

Geocaching sleuths with their latest find

 We had a look at Zebra Rock at a local gallery. Apparently the origins of Zebra rock is not understood but consists of well defined brown and beige stripes on rock.

In the morning we took a quick detour to the Kununurra rodeo. With free entry, we were treated to a show of cowboys and their bucking horses and stamping cattle. We saw some kids that looked as young as eight having a crack at riding calves at the rodeo.

Kununurra Rodeo

 

Yeeee

Haaa!!!!

He seemed to be doing so well!

Day 120 Cockburn Rest Area – Wyndam – Kununurra West Rest Area 29th - 30th July

Wyndam was our next stop for cheap diesel and a look at the five-rivers lookout. The town wasn't much to write home about, appearing the worse for wear but the lookout provided spectacular views of the massive rivers in the area. Down below you could see the operation to take iron-ore onto ships via conveyor belts and barges. Jordan led us in search of a geo-cache which we successfully found and wrote our names in.

View from 5 Rivers Lookout

Can you see Biggle at the BIG Croc

 

Successful geo-caching at 5 Rivers Lookout

Biggle, Adam & BIG Boab Tree in Wyndam

We bumped into Nick & Brigid in Kununurra during our ridiculously expensive grocery shop at Coles to replace our severely depleted provisions. We ended up camping at Kununurra West Rest Area, making our way down a rough track to some secluded, rocky spots away from the main roads. We lit a fire and ended up having a nice evening, with some spectacular rock formations for our view.

Day 119 Home Valley Station – Emma Gorge – Cockburn Rest Area 28th - 29th July

We packed up as quickly as we could which of course meant we didn't get away from Home Valley till around 10:00am. Then it was a short drive to Emma Gorge which is part of El Questro station. Emma Gorge is at the end of a 45 walk that starts with soft sands underfoot with palms for the view and ends in a rocky scramble. Towards the ends are two pools, the second icy cold and takes your breath away. One the right hand side, warm water cascades down to the pool and we all sat splashing in its waters for a while. Robyn bought ice-blocks for the kids which was very much appreciated.

Seriously big road trains!

Emma Gorge

Then it was off for a night of free camping at the Cockburn Rest Area. This bush rest spot is just off he main road so we had iron-ore laden road-trains thundering past until late.