Voyages El Questro Wilderness Park Hotel Kununurra

... huge whirly wind came blowing threw took out the tree, the poor bird got thrown around and we were crappin ourselves seeing a black whirly wind coming our way. We were ok as it didnt hit us but we watched it cross the water and on the other side became a lot bigger and dust everywhere. Well that was it the girls were freakin out and Daniel had no idea what the hell the loud bang was. Daniel being a man who likes to fish yep you guessed it carried on fishing. (caught nothing LOL) <br>

2-9/09/09<br>kununurra<br><br>This is one of those little towns that we had absolutely no preconceptions of and LOVED! A tidy little town, full of lots of friendly faces with lots to see and do &#8211; and the all important GREAT COFFEE!! It is so incredibly hot though, about 39degrees, so we generally spend the morning in the car checking things out, and the afternoon at the local pool which has waterslides, fountains and a play area. Mum and Dad take turns doing laps and the ...

... 8211; it is 21 times the size of Sydney Harbour.  In 2000 and 2001 the wet seasons were particularly wet and the waters rose a good few metres but nowhere close to capacity. We saw loads of freshwater crocodiles, a few rock wallabies, which are quite rare I believe, fish and birds especially another darter and some egret.   The scenery was absolutely spectacular with steep red ridges &#8211; I think they said quartz/granite.  The guide told us the ...

... at Hidden Valley Caravan park, this is situated on the edge of a national park and is overlooked by high sandstone cliffs which turn bright orange in the evening sun, a lovely position and friendly staff but only adequate facilities.<br><br>The town is semi-tropical, neat, tidy and green only established in 1963 it has a good range of shops and amenities apart from the information centre which is the worst I have seen so far. The ...

We arrived at Kununurra many hours after leaving the bungles all exhausted, and all very close to some serious foot stamping tantrums adults an all!!<br><br>After a good nights sleep we got set up in a powered site and set up camp for a few days!<br><br>On our second day we went out to the IvanHoe crossing where part of Australia the movie was filmed, James wanted to do the river crossing and after much discusson with all the other tourists he thought he would give it a try. The photo is of ...

... Kununurra has so much fresh water. It would apparently take five years to drain Lake Argyle. They are about to expand the irrigation scheme so that they can use some more of the water that they have which is apparently free, a bit different to home.

... the sun herald its arrival. Greg nearly took us off the cliff face in search of a route down from our vantage point. He and Jill would use these tracks as their morning walks or run in Jill&#8217;s case.<br><br>I have had several conversations with people who are living in the park and working here. The schools look great, with lots of facilities. Greg is keen to stay on here and punt whilst I work in the local school. The Kimberley&#8217;s are ...

... opposite at 6 for kick-off at 6.30pm. I wasn&#8217;t sure I would sight him again til 5pm Saturday!<br><br>Us girls didn&#8217;t waste any time and got stuck into our old routine from Broome (minus the Lavis&#8217;s til Saturday) sitting around with Jill and Marni til the boys returned from the footy and joined us. We were talking and laughing and having a great old time, until a bloke came over and told us to be quiet. We were having a bit of a giggle because it was 10.01pm ...

... cruise, we got back to our camp right beside the Pentecost River, and Graham finished off an awesome day &amp; thrilled himself to bits by catching a good size Barramundi, right on dark in the river below our campsite. We&#8217;d already decided to eat at the station steak-house, so Graham did the decent thing and let his Barra go. Before dinner we listened to a really interesting lecture about Crocodiles. <br><br>Saturday we had a bit of a look around El Questro Station ...

... dust, massive gorges, gorgeous green swimmimg pools. A truly awesome terrain we were very glad we had decided to go into. Lots of dirt/rocky roads which means more stress on the old Jayco, but we are now not too worried about the old girl. We're here now...what's the worst that could happen? Besides getting to our camp late in the day, and not being able to set up coz the legs of the jayco have vibrated to bits and the ...