28th June. Kununurra & Wyndham

We had a leisurely trip to Hidden Vally Caravan Park because we were requested not to arrive before 10am. This gave us time to reconnect to the world via Internet and phone. How quickly we have become reliant on instant communication, hate to be 'out of range'

We set up our caravan and took off for Wyndham, 100k north & is known for its live export of beef. It's an historical place, Sir Sid Kidman was one of the big names here and the Durack family are known names in Australia. It is mostly an Aboriginal town & it is quite unusual for them to talk to us but one man was very keen to show us the Crocodile and the write up about the making of it. He was just a school boy at the time back around 1980's

We drove out to the wharf & passed huge areas of what could be called mud flats. I asked the Aboriginal Policeman about it & found that 2 weeks ago they had a high tide, unusual for this time of year and the result was as if the whole area had been sprinkled with talc or snow......it was salt, a very fine layer.

We then drove to the lookout, what an amazing place, it has a view of 5 rivers going into the ocean......it was too big an area to see it all but the dial explained it.

Brian, on top of the world.

Over the edge to the wharf in the distance.

We also went to see a massive Boab tree at the caravan park

On our return trip we stopped at 2 cemeteries, one of early pioneers, men who died of heat at e meatworks before live export times & men building the roads etc. The other was the Afgan camel handlers cemetery who were vital in the very beginning of the white mans dealings in this port because the camels were the form of 'trucking' in that eara.

It was disappointing that it had not been kept up.

Sightseeing is hard work! Early to bed because tomorrow we are heading for a trip on the Gibb River Road. Car only, no towing for this trip.