2 July 2002 On our first day at Karajini National Park, we visited Dales Gorge. It was a wonderful experience coming across one of the gorges in the park for the first time. They have been cut into a plateau that was fashioned from sediments deposited in an ancient seabed some 2,500 million year ago. …
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Cape Keraudren to Karajini
28 June–1 July 2002 We chose Cape Keraudren as our next stop rather than Eighty Mile Beach Caravan Park, because it seemed likely to be a more interesting camping proposition. Our guidebook had forewarned us that there was no wood to be found on the Cape, but fires were permitted, so after a few hours…
Cape Leveque to Broome
26 June 2002 On our last morning in Cape Leveque we broke camp, packed everything back into the Toyota and drove to Lombadina to refuel. This looked like an interesting stop so we paid the entry fee and went to the local arts and craft shop where Susie bought some beads made from tamarind seeds. …
Cape Leveque day 2
25 June 2002 Due to the vast differences in sea level between low and high tides in the West Kimberley region, there is simply no water to swim in at low tide on Cape Leveque. As it happened, however, the tides were timed perfectly during our visit. So on our second day there, we went…
Broome to Cape Leveque
24 June 2002 We woke as early as we could on Monday morning. Susan and I drove into town, where we picked up our hire car. It was a cherry red Toyota Rav4, a small automatic four-wheel drive. It was somewhat too small considering we needed to pack a tent and an esky, but we…
Broome days 4—7
Thurs 20 June 2002—Sunday 23 June On Thursday we had a business day. In the morning I went into town and tended to the shopping and email. I also reunited a phone book with its owner. I had found it on the beach the day before, and with a bit of educated guesswork and a…
Broome days 1 and 2
16—18 June 2002 When we arrived in Broome, we stopped at the information centre and found that the accommodation options were more limited than we expected, as the tourist season was in full swing. We opted for Tarangau Caravan Park at the far end of Cable Beach. It took us a while to set up…
Curtin Detention Centre
16 June 2002 On the morning of our visit to Curtin Immigration Detention Centre we all donned clean clothes and I shaved my beard off. We pulled out of Derby Caravan Park, refueled, and set out along the highway towards Broome. We stopped at the Prison Tree just outside of Derby. This unhappy monument is…
Windjana Gorge
13 June—14 June 2002 The next morning we picked up some last minute supplies in Fitzroy Crossing, filled the petrol tank and the gas bottles, and headed out along the road to Windjana Gorge. This involved travelling for a short distance on the Great Northern Highway, then taking a right turn into Leopold Downs Road,…
Halls Ck to Mary Pool
10 June—11 June 2002 The overnight stay in Halls Creek was uneventful. We awoke early and broke camp, pleased to leave what was a very ordinary caravan park. We went to the tele-centre where I sent two emails I had drafted the night before, one to my colleague Gavin Mooney who is now based in…
Warmun to Halls Ck
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…
Wundercliffe 