Monthly Archives: June 2019

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Farewell to Rob, Foray to Lake Argyll, Chilling in Kununurra, Days 56-58, Saturday – Monday, 22nd-24th June

Saturday Rob decided to get his haircut; he was offered an appointment on Thursday .. c’est la vie! Robert suggested, in true Rob fashion, that we had time to visit the Rum Distillery.  It was […]

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Ivanhoe Crossing to Kununurra, Day 55, Friday, 21st June

Parrys Creek Farm – Ivanhoe Crossing – Kununurra I woke up at 4:20AM in order to revisit Marglu Lagoon, and photograph the birds at sunrise.  I arrived before sunrise, and was rewarded with views of […]

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Birds galore at Parry Creek and Marglu Billabong, Day 54, Thursday, 20th June

Home Valley Station – in Parrys Creek – Wyndham We left Home Valley Station after a memorable 2 days, and headed east on our way to Parry Creek Reserve.  Back at the highway, we turned […]

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Fishing for our supper, Day 53, Wednesday, 19th June

Home Valley Station We were up at cockatoo’s fart, and stumbling around in the dark looking for stuff. Grabbed a quick coffee and breakfast, and met up with fishing guide, Tim, and the other guest, […]

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Home Valley Station, Day 52, Tuesday, 18th June

El Questro – Home Valley Station (50kms) An easy drive from El Questro to Home Valley Station where we booked into an unpowered site situated on a grassy, treed area.  I had stayed at both […]

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El Questro Gorge at El Questro Station, Day 51, Monday 17th June

Zebedee Springs – El Questro Gorge The day started with a nice long soak in the warm pools of Zebedee Springs. We approached the springs through a palm-choked valley with the fronds forming wonderful patterns […]

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Purnululu Paradise, Days 48-50, Friday-Sunday, 14-16th June

For this post, I am going to let my photographs “do the talking” as words hardly do this amazing place justice. Briefly, we walked Echidna Chasm, took photographs at sunsets, did an amazing 30 minute […]

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All the Creeks, Day 46-47, Wednesday & Thursday,  12-13th June

Wolf Creek – Hall’s Creek – Kurrajong Creek (Purnululu) Up early, to see the sun rise over Wolf Creek Crater.  The crater was formed by a meteorite crashing to earth 300,000 years ago; it was […]

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The Canning Stock Route, Day 45/Trip 2019, Tuesday, 11th June

Back to Mulan to pay our camping fees before continuing clockwise around Lake Gregory, which incidentally we hardly saw – both because it is dry and because it is a long way from the track. […]

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The Great Camera Fiasco, Day 44/Trip 2019 (Monday, 10th June)

Rob engaged in an early morning bout of photography.  Based on the “Tanimi book”, we had decided to make for Lake Gregory, as we rather liked this no-nonsense explorer. We crossed the WA/NT border, and […]

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