Kununurra and Wyndham

After leaving Kakadu we put in a long driving day and arrived at a small township just inside the Northern Territory border called Timber Creek. We had a lovely grassy spot in the shade to set up on. It was a nice spot as a quick stopover.

Our next destination was Kununurra across the border into Western Australia. Along the way we stopped at the Gregory Tree. An ancient boab marked with the date 2nd July 1856. It was carved by one of Gregory’s exploration party when they camped at the trees. They were searching for good grazing land for cattle and sheep. The sign says that there was another large boab beside the others, but they took a slab as a table top and left the stump as a horse trough. I’d be interested in  finding out if that table still exists somewhere and checking it out.

Kununurra is a busy little town with lots of souvenir shops and a well stocked supermarket. We stayed one night, long enough to do a good grocery shop and for Clayton to do an oil change on the car (we had driven about 7000kms already since leaving home).Our one night in Kununurra was a stopover before heading down to the Bungle Bungles (Purnululu National Park).

After one night at the Bungle Bungles (which will be it’s own post after this one) we headed back up and decided that we would have a short stop in Wyndham. This would be to restock before heading across the Gibb River Rd. We stayed in a lovely spot called Parry Creek Farm, about 20kms out of Wyndham. We are glad we did, it was quiet, clean and well maintained. Wyndham seems to be a town that is dying, the croc farm (well advertised in all the brochures) is being demolished. The main servo was all boarded up as well and signs on all the ATMs saying no cash out. We did a small refresh of our supplies as the supermarket was really expensive and had limited range of items. We did enjoy the Five Rivers Cafe in town. I’m pretty sure it was the best iced coffee I have had in a very long time. The 5 rivers lookout is also worth a visit – you can see where 5 rivers converge and spill into the ocean.

The resident croc at Parry Creek Farm

The prison boab tree at Wyndham used to lock up Aboriginal offenders awaiting court.