Thursday 11th
Today I washed and we sorted out a few things with the camper trailer and car. We took the opportunity to unpack and resort everything out.
This time we are doing a shopping list, no shops on the Gibb River Road, so last chance to get anything before hitting the GRR.
Other than this it was a pretty relaxing day, I took Rena for a swim and her new friend Freedom came with us, but the water temp was a bit cold for me, so we didnt last long in the pool, much to Rena's disappointment.
Tonight it is time to catch up with the world, emails, and time to download some photos.
Friday 12th
First port of call today is the Doctors, as I need to get some scripts done. This done back to camp.
We pulled everything out of the car and the food crates out from under the camper, checked the shopping list to make sure that we had everything on it that we would need. We then headed to Coles, this is going to be a big shop.
Hate coming to town as it costs too much, if it isnt food it is parts for the car or camper :( OUCH!!, but it is a necessity as we wont have access to shops or food for at least 4 weeks and have to make sure that we have enough food and supplies to see us through.
Back to the camp and the big unpack and store it all away. Then to bag and freeze the meat.
A Families On The Road (FOTR) facebook member Jenny Lowe (who lives in Kununurra) put up a post asking if anyone in Kununurra wanted to meet up as there are quite a few families in town at the moment, so I put my hand up. It had been a long day and I didnt want to cook dinner as we had had a very long day, so we agreed to meet at Gulivers Tavern for dinner.
It was really nice to meet another family who was travelling (even if temporarily stopping in Kununurra), the company was great and the food too. The people here in Kununurra are a hard working but friendly mob.
We got back to camp abount 8.30pm with one very tired little girl.
I hoped online and uploaded some photos and sent some emails by the time I had finished it was midnight.
Saturday 13th
Today we did a few touristy things, we went out to the TFS Sandlewood Factory and looked at the different products that they make as well as watching the DVD which was very interesting on the Indian Sandlewood and the Kimberley. It is good to see the industry going so strong.
We then went just up the road to the Hoochery, this time James did the tasting and I had a cuppa and the mango cake. Yummy!!!!
I couldnt resist and ended up having a taste test myself and tasted the Royal Liquere. Very nice as well.
We then went out to the Ivanhoe Crossing which you can not cross now (something about structural testing required) to me it looked a little deeper than last time we were here in 2005.
Back to camp for lunch, I think the late night and heat of today has caught up with all of us. We are all a bit tired.
Dad Bradford phoned us and had gone down to the house today, he had sorted everything out with our tenants, F#&^% usless real estate agent us all I can say.
After dinner we decided to pack a few things up and I tried to send some emails. I was cranky tired so it didnt go to well.
I opted to wash the clothes and hang them up overnight hoping that they would dry before we leave in the morning.
Back to camp and off to bed.
Sunday 14th
We packed up camp and then headed down and washed the red soil from the Flinders Ranges off the car and camper trailer. We then booked out and headed west.
As much as I want to start the Gibb River Road today we need to be in mobile range tomorrow so that I can ring the real estate agent and sort them out.
We headed towards Wyndhum and called in to the Parry's Lagoon Reserve. Not much has changed here except that they have added some shadecloth to the bird hide and the telegraph station at the top of the hill is a no go now due to possible asbestos.
We headed down to Wyndhum and booked in to the caravan park. It hasnt changed much since we were here, there is more powered sites, and less unpowered sites. The unpowered sites now are now mostly in the sun.
We picked a spot under a tree but was about the only spot with shade left. Not the best site, but it had shade. Almost needed to engage 4wd.
After setting up and a cuppa we headed up to the five rivers lookout to watch the sunset. It was a little smoggy due to the wildfires but this added to the colours in the sunset.
Back to camp after a spectacular sunset and an easy dinner tonight. I think that the heat has exhausted me today.
Off to bed early need to wake up early to ring the real estate agent and then my wonderful mum to wish her a happy birthday :)
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