Broome to Kununarra

In Broome and Kununarra it was filled with fun and adventure. I am going to tell you all about it.

In Broome we went on a camel ride along Cable Beach. My camels name was Malichi. Mum thought that I was colour coordinated with my camel as you can see. He was kinda cute (for a camel). Alison who owned the camel train caught and trained her wild camels by herself. She knows everything about camels. Camels have 2 toes and huge feet. It was a bit of a stumble to get on but it was smooth after that. We went for a 30 minute ride and it hurt my bum a bit (but at least I can say that I did it).

After our camel ride mum and dad sat down for a cocktail and I had a cold slushie. The sunset was majestic and happen really fast. We took some lovely photos of the sun setting over Cable beach.

The next day we went for our last swim in the Indian Ocean. The water was vey warm but I wasn't in the water for long because I heard there were jellyfish and stingrays in the water. Dad and Finn saw some stingrays and went to have a swim with them. We tried to catch some waves on our boogie boards but unfortunately there kinda weren't any waves around.

In Broome at the caravan park I met some lovely friends who I played with everyday. We enjoyed swimming in the pool and chatting behind the waterfall. It was good to have some girls to hang out with because I miss my friends at home a lot!

That night we went to the sun pictures in Chinatown to see Ironman 3. It is the oldest outdoor garden picture theatre in the Southern Hemisphere. We heard about bats at the theatre so we sat under the roofline so that the bats didn't poop on us. But we didn't even see one bat. There was a lot of history in the cinema and we saw some old picture reels and tapes and we sat on deck chairs. The movie was hiliarious and scary at the same time. I really enjoyed it (which surprised me).

In Kununarra we went to explore the Mirinji National Park to explore the mini Bungle Bungles. We walked up to the lookout and took photos of interesting things along way. The rocks are sandstone but they used to be sand hills. The wind and weather made all the rocks and pathways over hundreds of years.

Here we are just hanging around at the Durack Homestead. This family has a long history of running cattle stations in the area.

Here is the Ord river dam wall. It was built because Lake Argyle had a lot of water in it and the area of Kununarra needed water for their crops. They pump the water from the lake into the river which flows on to make Lake Kununarra. It also shoots the water through the pipes so fast that it provides hydro electricity for Kununarra and the other towns nearby.

The boab tree is special in this part of WA. The nuts on the tree can be used in many different ways. We have a special boab nut especially carved by the aborigines. On the nut it has a sea turtle, a serpent and a rain maker. Boab trees have a very large trunk and are used for many artworks in this area.

George is a regular visitor at the caravan park we stayed at. He is a medium sized fresh water crocodile. A lot of people come to see him when he arrives at 5 o'clock. He doesn't get fed, he just comes to say hi.

Our last day in Kununarra was spent cruising on Lake Argyle. Greg the skipper was such a knowledgable person about the lake that he could answer any question. I learnt that in Lake Argyle 25,000 fresh water crocs in the lake. We saw the short eared rock wallabies that can speed up and down the rock faces without falling off. There were beautiful reflections on the water which were great for photos. We fed the fish on our cruise. They were catfish and archer fish. When you held a piece of bread above the water the archer fish would squirt water at the bread and it had a perfect aim. Sometimes it even got you in the face. We finished our cruise at the sunset spot for a swim (yes even though we knew there were crocs in that water somewhere ). The water was surprisingly warm and the catfish nibbled at your toes. Mum and dad floated in the water with a champagne/beer in one hand and crackers and dip in the other. We got a soft drink and nibbles. The sunset made the water change colour and was really beautiful. Then we headed for home.