Headed west along the highway past the Gregory tree.
Just before the border we stopped at Zebra Rock mine, which had been recommended to us in Alice. They mine zebra rock there, do boat trips, and have camping. And serve scones, jam and cream!!!!
Did the afternoon wetland cruise, heaps of birds, like a yellow waters cruise in kakadu. Also saw a few freshwater crocs. The boat then stopped for a swim and sunset with drinks and nibbles, before returning home.
Peter had Silver Cobbler fish and chips, and really enjoyed it. Silver cobbler is a catfish, renamed to make it more palatable. Of the 3 varieties of catfish it reputedly the only one that is good to eat.
We needed some food and a washing machine, so we headed into Kununurra. It was Saturday morning, and the town was really busy. Had fantastic frozen mango from the market, did a bit of shopping and headed out again, back to Lake Argyll.
Stayed in the resort out there (camping of course) and swam in their infinity pool, which had a backdrop of Lake Argyll. Magnificent views. There was a wedding there, and their photos would have been simply awesome, with the lake as background.
We backtracked again to Keep River National Park where we camped, then did an 8 km walk in the early morning. The formations are similar to the Bungle Bungles. Very impressive. It rained a little overnight, so at 3 am there was a mad scramble to put the fly on the tent.
We are now in Kununurra, where it is quite windy, and we are cool for the first time in the daytime. It is mid 20s this morning, but expected to heat up in the afternoon.
During our travels we have felt very remote most of the time. We heard from other travellers that there is a 50% rebate on satellite phones for remote travellers, so we applied for one yesterday. hoping for approval in a couple of days. Hopefully we will not have to use it, but we will have it anyway. From now on all we expect to see is the odd Telstra phone box, or pay a fortune to the stations to use their satellite internet. We don't plan to use it for long chats, and apparently they are very expensive to ring.
We will see the sights of Kununurra, and stock up on provisions.
