DESTINATION KUNUNARRA

We hit the road towards Western Australia, our home state

Coming round the mountain when she comes

Hahaha under new wife!

We have 317kms to go before we hit Kununarra

One of the Escarpment walk trails on the way

The start of the big Boab trees that grow in the north of Australia

Bush on fire

Much of the roadways in the Northern parts of Australia double as grazing paddocks for the many cattle that live up here.  Travelling at 130kph can be quite dangerous if one of these beasts walks out in front of you, so you need to have your brain engaged when driving these parts

I love this country side!

Another Boab tree

Bridge construction

We find ourselves around 1.5 hours from the boarder of WA but decide to break for the night and continue on tomorrow.

Beautiful colours

Big Boab

Back home!  Well sort of...

Yep, hi Karen the state of Western Australia welcomes you!

now it's on to Kununarra and Lake Argyle

Coming around the mountain when she comes...

At normal full supply level the area of the lake formed by the Ord Dam is 980 square kilometres and impounds 10.7 million mega litres of water, over 18 times the volume of water contained in Sydney Harbour! If the lake ever does flood to its maximum capacity then the volume will more than triple the amount stated above, (ie. Sydney Harbour could be filled more than 70 times).

Kununurra forms the hub around which the Ord River Irrigation Project revolves. Centred in the Eastern Kimberley, the area not only provides incomparable tourist attractions, but a massive intensive agricultural development, made possible by the construction of the two dams.

Construction commenced in 1969

Massive amount of fresh water

The other side of the dam wall

 The lake filled to capacity in 1973, and the spillway flowed until 1984.

Tourism is also a big business at Lake Argyle

Canoeing and other recreation is popular

We head back to Kunnunara

and get ready to head for Broome and Port Headland

Double Boab!

The East Kimberly has some absolutely spectacular scenery which pictures don't do it justice.

Spectacular

The river floods straight over this road when the river is at full flow

Beautiful colours

Big earth moving equipment on the road

This massive Boab is reported to be over 1000 years old

We decide that because we have been to Broome before we decided to hit the road on to Port Headland and Karratha.