Week Seven Day Forty Three and Forty Four

The start of Geiki Gorge taken from the boat ramp

That was good, a really comfortable bed and airconditioning all night. Defiantly needed!!!!!!! Anyway back on the road and a quick detour to Geikie Gorge for a look see, as we have been informed that the tours do not start up until the beginning of April. What a pity, never mind an excuse to visit again in the future.

We made our way along the motorway to Halls Creek were we met a very informative gentleman at the information centre. Unfortunately again the Bungle Bungles were closed till the beginning of April. This is due to it being the wet season, although this year it has passed the "top end of Australia" by. There has been no wet season at all. We are starting to see a pattern here!!!!!!

The Big Croc at Wyndham.

After that comfortable sleep we decided to travel on to Wyndham as it is the highest port in Western Australia. What a disappointment. Everything is so run down and uninviting. The caravan park is not nice at all. They do however have a "Big Croc" which of course offered a photo opportunity. So we drove to Kununarra, where we booked into the Kimberleyland Holiday Park. At first glance one would say Wow, beautiful setting overlooking the lake, but the amenities are dirty. The camp kitchen was awful, with maggots everywhere after they had emptied the bins, and the ablution block just dirty. It might sound as if we are moaning but we have stayed in some beautiful clean places and have grown to expect the same standard where ever we go this is a beautiful place but the amenities let it down so we will be using our own cooking gear tonight. We have a resident frill neck lizard by our tent, who is quite happy to sit on a tree watching what we are doing.

In the tree next to our tent.

There are plenty of other parks available in this area so don't be deceived by clever advertising. Thank goodness we have our own gas stove. We spent a pleasant morning in the town and have spent the afternoon under the trees by our tent. We are only about 100 metres from the lake, with signs warning people not to feed the freshwater crocodiles. Mmmmmmmmm can't see us doing that.

Our first freshie. This photo was taken not 3 feet from were we where standing.

Next stop lake Argyle.