Friday, 8 June 2012

Day 19 Kununurra


Relaxation was the theme for today. We spent many hours reading books and sipping cider at the lakefront while the children played with their friends. We updated our facebook pages and caught up on current affairs in the news online.

We also spent an hour washing the car. What a job - the red dust was caked everywhere and the water was orange and full of red mud. It isn't perfect and it will get dirty again but Rob feels so much better about his car now that she is clean again.



Later in the morning we ventured out to the Zebra Rock Gallery where we marvelled at the polished rock creations of the resident artisans. I bought a pair of earrings to match the necklace my mother gave me last year, which she bought here more than 30 years ago.




We were each given a slice of bread and walked down to a jetty at the riverside where an enormous school of catfish and a few archer fish made the water boil, climbing over each other in anticipation of the morsels to come. They were fantastic to watch and we even saw some of the archer fish spit water at the bread. Some resident cockatoos, rehabilitated and un-releasable due to injuries, entertained us with their chatter and crazy dancing antics, especially one named "Captain". He was 'journal standard' according to Ashley and Emma.

Lunch was at Celebrity Tree Park, where many trees have been planted by various 'celebrities' over the years since the late 1980's. Rob and I wandered through the gardens reading the plaques while the kids played in a sandpit and local playground. Amongst the tree planters were John Farnham, James Blundell, Alby Mangels, Quentin Bryce and Nova Peris.

 


Mirima National Park was a bit of a let down after the Bungle Bungle, especially as their lookout walk was closed. So we went to Kelly's Knob lookout instead for a view of the town and the surrounding irrigation areas and orchards. Finally we drove to Ivanhoe Crossing. Very pretty with fast flowing water, so fast that it was closed to cars, much to Rob's disappointment.




 

Back in the caravan park we relaxed again. Aaah, the serenity. 


 And BATS!

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