We checked out of Timber creek after quite a noisy night. Normally in a caravan park it’s like a morgue after 9.30pm or even earlier so it was quite unusual for us to hear a lot of people laughing, shouting and walking around the place at 1 am.
The drive with the Pinkerton Ranges to our north gave us some great vistas as we approached the Queensland border and the quarantine checkpoint.
Here we had to stop and have our details taken down and the car and trailer opened so it could be checked for any fruit,honey,seeds and plant material which can’t be taken into WA. After we were given the once over we were able to continue on our way in The Kimberley and Pilbara Region of Australia’s Greta North West. www.australiasnorthwest.com
Our next stop was Lake Argyle and the Ord Dam. This is a hydro power plant and also is one of the greatest expanses of fresh water which is also used for recreational purposes. Crocodiles have been known to enter this river system, however they our quickly removed and relocated elsewhere or sent to the crocodile farms. We drove around and had our picnic lunch in the very well watered, green and shady park reserve that had been set aside for tourists.
We continued on to Kununurra with boab trees everywhere in all their shapes and sizes.
We wanted to check into the Hidden Valley Caravan park which we had heard was a good spot. However they were full up, so we headed off to the Big 4 Ivanhoe Village Resort where we managed to get a non-powered site for a couple of nights. Located right next to the camp kitchen and under a tree it all turned out to be pretty good. It had been a very warm day with the temp touching 35deg however it cooled down in the evening and after a few cold beers and a beautiful meal sitting outside the trailer along with our citronella candles and red wine it was all good.
We had to adjust our clocks back by another hour and a half so at 9.30pm we were tired as it was 11pm for us. We would have to adjust to the car lag.
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