Wednesday, 21 July
This morning we decided to have a day trip to Wyndham, which is 100 kms from Kununurra, take in all the sights extolled in the tourism brochures, even treat ourselves to a takeaway lunch (big day!!!).
Shortly after passing the Gibb River Road turnoff (also the same one to El Questro), we came to a sign directing us to the Grotto. This turned out to be a small canyon (which would look spectacular in the wet season) with a deep pool at the bottom. Steps had been constructed into the side of the cliff to make it possible to climb down, and back. After one look at these narrow steps, with no rails, we promptly decided we had no pressing need to see a pool of water. Continued on through a lovely wide valley, complete with a boab forest.
We realised were had reached Wyndham after passing a few dilapidated dwellings and followed the very good direction signs to the Five Rivers Lookout. Not sure where the five rivers were, could only pick out the Durack and Ord Rivers entering the Cambridge Gulf. The view was great and we weren’t really sure if the tide was out, exposing the tidal flats, or if they were only covered in the wet. Wyndham does have an extreme tidal fall, so it is possible that the tide was out.
How to describe Wyndham? We had originally intended to have an overnight stay in this town, but golly gosh, are we glad we changed our minds! The Sobering Up Clinic was rather sobering, to say the least. The WA government are undertaking quite a bit of construction, replacing dwellings that have not been looked after. The Bicentennial Sculpture Park had a large sign saying the local council were not responsible for the area – the sign was quite understandable, actually. We decided to give lunch a miss and return to Kununurra.
I have been having trouble staying connected to the internet since we arrived in Kununurra and was becoming concerned that the problem may have been the wireless modem. Therefore, we took the computer with us to Wyndham and we spent 30 minutes locked in the car, overlooking the water, while I tested the modem away from Kununurra – no problems, so it must be all the tourists in town swamping an inadequate Next G wireless tower.
We were back in Kununurra by 12.30 pm and did a grocery stock up before we leave tomorrow for Halls Creek.
This morning we decided to have a day trip to Wyndham, which is 100 kms from Kununurra, take in all the sights extolled in the tourism brochures, even treat ourselves to a takeaway lunch (big day!!!).
Shortly after passing the Gibb River Road turnoff (also the same one to El Questro), we came to a sign directing us to the Grotto. This turned out to be a small canyon (which would look spectacular in the wet season) with a deep pool at the bottom. Steps had been constructed into the side of the cliff to make it possible to climb down, and back. After one look at these narrow steps, with no rails, we promptly decided we had no pressing need to see a pool of water. Continued on through a lovely wide valley, complete with a boab forest.
We realised were had reached Wyndham after passing a few dilapidated dwellings and followed the very good direction signs to the Five Rivers Lookout. Not sure where the five rivers were, could only pick out the Durack and Ord Rivers entering the Cambridge Gulf. The view was great and we weren’t really sure if the tide was out, exposing the tidal flats, or if they were only covered in the wet. Wyndham does have an extreme tidal fall, so it is possible that the tide was out.
How to describe Wyndham? We had originally intended to have an overnight stay in this town, but golly gosh, are we glad we changed our minds! The Sobering Up Clinic was rather sobering, to say the least. The WA government are undertaking quite a bit of construction, replacing dwellings that have not been looked after. The Bicentennial Sculpture Park had a large sign saying the local council were not responsible for the area – the sign was quite understandable, actually. We decided to give lunch a miss and return to Kununurra.
I have been having trouble staying connected to the internet since we arrived in Kununurra and was becoming concerned that the problem may have been the wireless modem. Therefore, we took the computer with us to Wyndham and we spent 30 minutes locked in the car, overlooking the water, while I tested the modem away from Kununurra – no problems, so it must be all the tourists in town swamping an inadequate Next G wireless tower.
We were back in Kununurra by 12.30 pm and did a grocery stock up before we leave tomorrow for Halls Creek.
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