Mimbi Caves

We found a newish place to stay on the long haul from Broome to Kununurra.

An Indigenous community has developed a new campground and offer Cave Tours as well, showing off their heritage.

The camping was excellent, with everything you can expect out here.

However the Caves tour left both of us wondering why we paid $70 each for this. It definitely was a donation to the Indigenous community, and these guys were very well off, considering there were 21 people just in our group, and more for the afternoon tour.  Tours ran almost daily.

It was an interesting tour, just over priced.

Anyone for a game of Chess? Germans camped out here in the 1980's looking for fossils

Wearing safety helmets

Fitzroy Crossing

On the way we stopped at Fitzroy Crossing for fuel. No Covid tracing here, nor could you leave your keys in the car!

You have to queue for fuel everywhere out here because it's so busy

Covid, Covid everywhere

Before we got to Kununurra we had heard the news that besides Sydney being in lockdown, Perth, Darwin, Alice Springs and Queensland had also gone into lockdown.

This is a real concern now, as Kununurra is only 45kms west of the NT Border. If we cross over into NT and get held up at their border control, which is some 200kms further east of the actual border,  we won't be able to get back into WA. There's absolutely nothing in between the WA/NT Border and the next town in NT, which is Timber Creek. Not a really large metropolis to say the least, with 249 people living there.

Kununurra

We managed to secure a site at one of the caravan parks, despite hearing stories that they were all full with large queues. But since being here the parks have emptied. We assume that Covid has forced people to stay at home.

We managed to enjoy dinner at the Pump House which has brilliant views.

Also disgusting catfish, aka Silver Cobbler!

While in Kununurra we decided to go to the Hoochery Distillery for mornos.

Google maps took us via a “shortcut” and we ended up in a dead end in a very seedy part of town.

We should have twigged when we saw an abandoned baby pram on the side of the road and other assorted rubbish along the way.

There was broken glass everywhere and the houses were trashed. We did a U-turn and were immediately stopped by a policeman and questioned.

The 2 policemen were there picking up an Indigenous mother and child and about to put her in the paddy wagon (hopefully to take her somewhere safer than where she was).

The young Irish cop asked through Jayne's window why we were there, and we told him Google maps took us the wrong way.

He immediately said “You should leave” which we were more than happy to do.

Then added “Especially considering you have beer in the back of the car”.

Anyway we were happy to get out of there, as 2 cars were stolen out of our caravan park the night before, and the kids are out of control here.

Camped under the Boad Tree

Tomorrow we head for Lake Argyle Resort, provided we can get in there. They don't take bookings, which is a very unprofessional way to run a business. We can't believe their policy which forces you to queue up at their entrance from 6.30am just to secure a campsite! So inconsiderate.