Day 49 Saturday 13 July 2019 Roebuck to Kooljaman 275 kms

Finished packing the car and shutting up caravan about 8:30 am get into car ready to go and car will not start with what appears to be a flat battery. With help from a neighbour started the Generator and put a Battery Charger on for 1 1/2 hours then decided that we should go into […]

Day 48 Friday 12 July 2019 Roebuck 0 kms

Washing day today and sorting out the camping gear for the next few days. We leave the van here and tomorrow drive up to Cape Leveque for 4 nights camping in the tent. Although we have been to Broome a couple of times previously we have never gone up go Cape Leveque so this is […]

Day 47 Ellendale to Roebuck 275 kms

While cooking toast this morning for breakfast on the stove outside the friendly cow came up and took a piece of bread straight off the toaster while it was cooking. Have booked into the Broomes Gateway Caravan Park which is about 30 kms from Broome. There are no powered sites but good facilities. Large sites […]

Day 46 Wednesday 10 July 2019 Mary Pool to The Lake Ellendale 277 kms

A relatively short day today and we are camped by a “Lake” on Ellendale Station. Not a lot of water but some birdlife including 6 Brolgas and apparently a Freshwater Crocodile which we heard about but did not see. No facilities here but a nice spot. A lot of cows around including one which comes […]

Day 45 Tuesday 9 July El Questro to Mary Pool Rest Area 485 kms

Road out of El Questro was a bit rougher than when we came in but still OK. Nothing moved or broken in the van so were very happy with the performance. A long day driving today but interesting with the ever changing landscape of escarpments from the Cockburn and Carboyd Ranges. Some people think these […]

Day 42 Saturday 6 July to Day 44 Monday 8 July 2019 El Questro

Saturday – Booked a cruise up Chamberlain Gorge for Monday and booked in for a BBQ Dinner tonight. Went fir a drive go Pigeon Hole lookout for views over the Pentecost River. There are individual campsites along the river and on the way back to our campsite we saw a bushfire starting in one of […]

Day 41 Friday 5 July 2019 Kununurra to El Questro 103 kms

Bitumen most of the way except the last 18 kms into El Questro. Let caravan tyres down to 30 psi for the dirt road. Grader was working on the road and although it was still corrugated it was no problem. Sat on about 60 kph except for the corners and dips and 2 creek crossings […]

Day 38 Tuesday 2 July to Day 40 Thursday 4 July 2019

Have done a lot of reading the last few days. Didn’t leave the Park Tuesday but found some very tasty Paw Paw for sale in the Office and had them for dessert. Visited a pottery called “Birdland Functional Art Wednesday and bought a bowl with a Boab painted on it for Carols Birthday (not until […]

Day 37 Monday 1 July 2019 Big Horse Creek to Kununurra 227 kms

Left at 9:10 am and after 227 kms arrived at Kununurra at 10:15 am which would be a speed of around 220 kph except for the time difference as WA is 11/2 hours behind the Northern Territory. No problems at the Quarantine Station and it was our impression that they are not as thorough as […]

Day 36 Vince Connelly RA to Big Horse Creek Campground – 239 kms

Started heading West late yesterday and continued today. Only a relatively short distance today and arrived at Big Horse Creek a National Park Campground at 11:30 am. $6:60 a night is good value. Found a reasonable spot and it was the same place we camped 5 years ago when we were here with Maz and […]