Roadside Stop, Judbarra Gregory National Park, NT
Star Rating:★★★★
★=Full Star☆=Half a Star
After a big day driving and stopping in Katherine for a big shop we were relieved to finally get to Judbarra Gregory NP -but we were still able to fit in a walk before collapsing into bed! We did the Nawilbinbin Walk, on which we watched the sun go behind the mountains. The next morning we got up early to do the Escarpment Hike. On the way up we stopped to watch the sunrise, the view was amazing and we spotted a super cute rock wallaby!!!
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The sunrise from up on the escarpment-the colours were beautiful!👇 |
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| Walking up the Escarpment. The super cute black brush tailed rock wallaby we saw on the walk.👇 |
Timber Creek, Judbarra Gregory National Park, NT
Star Rating:★★★★
★=Full Star☆=Half a Star
There was MILLIONS of bats in the trees at Timber Creek!! Every night, at sunset, they flew off to join the billions of bats in the sky. During the day the slept up in the trees and put poop on everything! Sometimes a dead bat would fall down and the groundskeeper would feed it to the freshwater crocodiles that lived in the little stream down the end of the park.
During our time there we went to explore Bullita Homestead-there was heaps of cool old buildings to look at and Jackson and I climbed the massive boab tree that was near the Homestead. We also had a look at the bush police museum-we had a great time thanks to Bazza who showed us lots of awesome things! For the rest of our time there we watched the sunset from a look-out, had a look at some old stock yards and walked through a shallow river.
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| Pretending to be police at the Police Museum! |
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| A few of the MILLIONS of bats that flew past us every night! |
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| Climbing the massive boab tree that we saw at Bullita Homestead. |
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| Keeping and eye out for crocodiles as I walked across the shallow river near the homestead. |
Kununurra, WA
Star Rating:★★★★☆
★=Full Star☆=Half a Star
At Kununurra we:
- Splashed about in the pool at the caravan park.
- Collected boab nuts.
- Went to the splash park in town-we had a great time whizzing down the water slide.
- Went on a couple of short walks to Mirima NP that was next to the caravan park. The views from the top of some of the mountains were gorgeous!!
- Marvelled at the world opening of The Journey Down Tour (https://tura.com.au/tura-program/the-journey-down/) -a collaboration between composer and sound artist Jon Rose and the nearby Warnum Community. The finished artwork is a old car that has been turned into a musical instrument!!
- Canoed down the Ord River, then camped under the stars (more about it in Week 64-Canoeing Trip~🛶).
- Had a delicious dinner of fish and chips.
- Cruised around Lake Argyle on a sunset cruise. We got to feed some Banded Archerfish-we laid down at the front of the boat and held a piece of bread above the water. The fish came up to us and, using their incredible aim, spat water at the bread! After they had hit it 2-3 times we ripped of a bit of bread and threw it to them!! For the rest of the afternoon we explored the lake then jumped in the water to watch the sun go down. It was really awesome!!
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| Looking out across Lake Argyle. |
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| It was awesome waiting for the fish to spit at the bread...even though after a while we got dizzy from hanging our bodies over the boat! |
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| Floating in the water whilst watching the sunset-the water was super warm!! |
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| Heading back in from the sunset cruise, it was nice to feel the cool air behind us. |
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