Wyndham/Kununurra

15 June

Five Rivers Lookout

This morning we had to say goodbye to El Questro and The Gibb and head off to Kununurra via Wyndham. The reason for going to Wyndham was to view the Five Rivers Lookout. This is where five of the major rivers in the Northern Territory  (Ord, Forrest, King, Durack and Pentecost ) come together to spill out in to the Cambridge Gulf. The view from the highest point in the Bastion Range in Wyndham is quite spectacular with a 360 degree view of the surrounding landscape. Wyndham used to be the major port in the area but has since been deserted in favour of Kununurra. We had a quick look over the rest of Wyndham and then enjoyed a very nice lunch at a local cafe before heading back to Kununurra.

We managed to find a nice caravan park situated right on Lake Kununurra to recharge the batteries after a few days without power  and, after setting up for the night, we went to shop to re-supply. After shopping at the local Coles we decided to go to Liquorland. After waiting for 45 minutes (they will not sell wine before 5:00pm) we were limited to 2 bottles of wine per adult and had to queue up for 15 minutes to be served. The queue went out of the bottle shop, back through Coles and out into the shopping mall. 

16 June

This morning we called in to the local auto-electrician to have the electric brakes on the trailer looked at as I had noticed they were no longer helping us stop. After spending an hour at reception I was told that over the corrugations the adjustment on the brakes had moved and they just had to adjust a dial. $60 later we were back on the road.

Whilst in Kununurra we decided to have a look at Mirima (Hidden Valley) National Park. It only has a few walks and the one we most wanted to do was closed but the rock formations there are not unlike the Bungle Bungles on a smaller scale. The sandstone is layered and not as spectacular but the colours are still very good. The three walks that we did were only short but provided information on some of the plants and there uses to the aboriginal people.

We left Kununurra and, after driving for the rest of the day, pulled up at a camping site in Gregory National Park. This site just off the main road had plenty of other holiday makers that had pulled up stumps for the day and we spent the rest of the day sharing a fire and swapping stories of what we had all done on our trips.