The last few days have beenreally good. We are back on the road again and so far so good. We managed to finally leave Darwin on Thursday afternoon and we travelled about 15o k's south to stay at a free overnight camp spot at Bridge Creek a bit south of Adelaide River (where I nearly stepped on a snake last week).The boys instantly befriended another family of 3 boys and had a great fun on their bikes together.
Then on to Gregory National Park where we saw the 'Gregory tree' a massive & ancient boab that he inscribed his initials into in 1855 & they are still there.
Next night we went into the Keep River National Park. Very beautiful. Kept thinking of Sally & David here as they had mentioned this spot to us. Drove 30 k's up a gravel trackl to camp at Jarnem campsite at the base of the amazing beehive-shaped rock formations. We loved this place and would have liked longer. Woke to rain here next morning and a nice cool spell. After a slow morning of scrabble & fried eggs we packed up and headed for the WA border. Donated all of our fruit & vegies to the quarrantine station and then went on the the humongous Lake Argyle. Biggest man-made lake in world and really a sight to see. We spent the day exploring the lake and trying to comprehend the engineering design of the Ord River dam wall then headed in to Kununurra.
We've just had 1 night here for now to wash up, tidy up and straight out our gear. Today we are heading into the Purnululu (Bungle Bungles) & hopefully to meet up with our friends Mandy & Liam & their 2 boys. They've just been up the Tanami track.
We've had to rationalise all our camping gear into the car as the track into Purnululu is rough and unmaintained so not risking the camper in there. Can leave it locked up at Warmun (Turkey Ck) near turn off to Purnululu entrance. Will spend the next few days trying to decide whether to tackle the Gibb River Road through the Kimberley.
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