8 June—9 June 2002 After we had packed up and filled the petrol tank, we drove onto the nearby Warmun Aboriginal community to visit the art centre. What we thought would be a quick visit ended up taking most of the day. Initially we took the wrong road into the community, and had to ask…
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Purnululu day 2
7 June 2002 I rose with the sun the next day and made myself a coffee and went out for a walk to observe the area at dawn. There were dingo tracks in a clay pan close by the camp. You could hear the dingos howling at night, and we had spotted one on the…
Purnululu (Bungle Bungles)
6 June 2002 On the morning of our journey into Purnululu National Park, we all woke up in the dark. The kids ate breakfast; I threw down a few coffees and furiously packed what I could into the trailer and secured it. We were out the front of the roadhouse at Turkey Creek by 5.20…
Warmun (Turkey Ck)
5 June 2002 Our first day in Warmun was spent trying to catch up with schoolwork. This is a never-ending task that constantly manages to elude us. The big carrot on a stick was a 4.00 p.m. helicopter flight, which we all anticipated with relish. When the time came we crowded into a small demountable…
Emma Gorge
4 June—5 June 2002 Yesterday I got up early and started packing up the camp. We bought some ice and drove into Kununurra. Susie posted some letters and then we went to the tele-centre to check our email and send a fax to the manager of Curtin Detention Centre. The fax number was wrong, so…
Wyndham
3 June 2002 Wyndham lies 100 km north west of Kununurra on the Cambridge Gulf. We went on a day-trip there from Kununurra. Our first stop was a crocodile farm. Without planning to, we arrived at feeding time and got a guided tour of the place. First we were shown the sheds where the hatchlings…
Kununurra
30 May–2 Jun 2002 On the morning of our first full day in Kununurra the girls enjoyed the company of their three friends from Bondi. They all sat around playing a card game called Pig. We spent most of the rest of the day catching up on schoolwork and then went into town to post…
East Kimberley region
28 May—29 May 2002 We broke camp at Tumbling Waters and set out on the road to Kununurra. The drive was uneventful until we reached Gregory National Park, which announced itself with dramatic, rocky cliffs rising out of the surrounding countryside. We stopped there to buy some of the most expensive petrol ever. The park…
NT Wildlife Park
We managed to break camp this morning, fill another gas bottle, and drive about 54 km to the Northern Territory Wildlife Park where we spent the entire day. This excursion fitted in well with Ruby’s schoolwork, which required some research into zoos. The park is an excellent example of a zoo that has re-oriented itself…
Darwin
22 May—25 May 2002 From Litchfield National Park we drove back to Bachelor and then on to Darwin. When we arrived, we set up camp at Carnarvon Caravan Park at Lee Point and headed into town. On the way, Susie managed to contact our old friend Tony Collins who worked at the ABC. We met…
Litchfield National Park
20 May—21 May 2002 If you are travelling in the Northern Territory, and you don’t pack up by 9.00 a.m., you get caught in the heat of the day, which slows you down to a crawl. So the next morning, we got up early as possible and packed up camp. We pulled out of Edith…
Leliyn (Edith Falls)
17 May—18 May 2002 It is only a short distance from Katherine to Edith Falls – or Leliyn by its Aboriginal name. The campsites there were level and immaculately maintained, and they had water taps and a modern ablutions block. They were also intelligently laid out for different kinds of rigs. As soon as we…
Wundercliffe 