AUSTRALIA – The Bungles, the Kimberleys – Day 9 – 31st May 2017

An easy 250km drive to the Bungle Bungles, through the coastal ranges, climbing several hundred metres to the plain just before Warmun. The Road House is a good shady spot for lunch.. The Bungle Bungle Caravan Park is 1km off the highway on Mabel Downs Station. Everything is transportable; power is by diesel generation, and […]

AUSTRALIA – Wyndham, the Kimberleys – Day 7 – 29th May 2017

Wyndham is another town that has seen better days. It was established as the port for the mines to the south at Halls Creek. Goods were transported along a cobbled road by Afghans with camels – a graveyard is that’s left of them. The old town is squeezed between the steep Bastion lookout on the […]

AUSTRALIA – Kununurra, the Kimberleys – Day 4 – 26th May 2017

Leaving Mary River, the flat landscape was similar to yesterday, but it became much more interesting after Warmun; hills, valleys, and smaller cattle stations, taller and more numerous trees. Both Halls Creek and Warmun are small towns that supported mining, and the cattle drives, where the cattle were herded to the ports from the inland […]

AUSTRALIA – Broome, the Kimberleys – Day 1 – 23rd May 2017

Broome, on a peninsula only a few metres above sea level, is already warm on landing at 9.30am. The cyclone-proof corrugation clad buildings, the tall palms, bougainvillea, and boabs say you have arrived in the tropical north. These ‘upside-down’ boabs are smaller versions of the African baobabs but just as strange. Broome is now a […]