Kimberley Grande Kununurra Australia

<br>We are in Kununurra and decided to stay for a couple of nights thinking that we could probably see all that there is to see in the area that we were going to check out. As you will see we have to stay a bit longer than expected.<br>We drove out to Whydham and it is pretty small town and most shops are all closed down some of them look rather old like back when could tie your horse up out front. This place is good to see as this is where ...

... purple on the back of its head. The nest was a tunnel shape. At the front and the back of the bower there were lots of black, white, gray and green objects including stones, bones, some twigs and some bottle tops. We watched as it rearranged its collection of objects. He ...

... for us was a male bower bird tending its bower under a rhododendron by the front gate. Hilary&#8217;s next research project will tell you more about bower birds.<br><br>Our caravan park backed on to the beautiful Mirima National Park, a miniature Kings Canyon and Bungle Bungles rolled into one, so we topped off our stay in Kununurra with a late afternoon stroll, and a view of the sunset from Kellys Knob.

... but they were nice. We went into the Station to have a look around. It was very nice and you could camp by the river. Mum and Dad said next time they come they will camp there. On our way out we shredded a tyre! It was dark and dad had to replace it! The jack fel but we were able to put it back and keep fixing it. What an Adventure!

... posts over the Ord Irrigation Valley (plantations) and Kununurra itself.<br> Apparently the grey banding on the rocks is formed by cyanobacteria and the orange bands are the result of oxidised iron compounds seeping out within the layers. They are over 350 million years old but was only declared a National Park in 1982. Still its pretty impressive and I loved the way the colours of the rocks changed with the sunlight variances.

... an unpowered tent site. We weren&#8217;t the only ones, after us there were plenty of other caravaners who had to squeeze themselves into the camping areas and make do without plug in power or water. It is becoming a trend now that whenever we pull into a major centre and have to stay in a caravan park, it is really hard to get a spot. We knew that we would be up in the northern part of Oz in peak season but the number of people ...

... we wont have another 35 degree day!<br><br>And a word of warning for those who are thinking of doing this - make sure all of your teeth are okay - i spent $638 getting 2 nerves removed and a temporary capping on my teeth (yes temporary) - at the only dentist in town - if you can hold on, wait till you get to Darwin!! The melon fields are looking good for some work let me tell you!

... stalls and free entertainment for the kids at the street party, including two large bouncy activity castles. We wandered the stalls, ate some yummy crepes, chips and shasliks and then boogied to Blue Shaddie before walking back to the park to put the kids to bed at about 7pm. It was getting dark by 5.30pm these days and we were eating dinner at 5pm and waking at 6am! We stayed up til curfew back at The Lavis&#8217; continuing the bday celebrations.<br><br>Monday thankfully ...

... the lake, we could not see the other end - just horizon. The tour guide tells us that even had we cruised to the horizon we could see, we would still not be able to see the other end. All of this lake was formed by the building of the Ord River dam which is only about 100m wide. At normal level, it stores around 27 Sydney Harbours. At it's peak level, it can store up to 80 Sydney Harbours. The water is allowed to flow down the Ord river ...

... are only a couple of roadhouses along the way so you need to be well prepared before you leave civilisation &#8211; I had some meat vac-packed and we were stocked up to the eyeballs by the time we left Broome. <br><br>Have I mentioned before that you can't believe everything, or anything, that you hear? Yes the road was a bit rough in places &#8211; lots of corrugations which can get a bit boring after a while. But it was a breeze compared to what we were expecting ...