Timber Creek & arrival into WA - Kununurra

After leaving Darwin we wanted to get back to nature with bush camping at Big Horse Creek Campground (Gregory National Park – Timber Creek). It was a nice change with the bird life and other different things the kids could explore (instead of pools and playgrounds). There were huge rocks they could climb and many animal foot prints to follow (as long as they didn’t lead to a snake). We did have a disruptive sleep with a resident possum on our caravan roof. At 3am I chased it off with a broom, but it was very cheeky and quick to comeback.

The drive to Kununurra was very scenic through the National Parks, with some magnificent cliffs and then all of a sudden we started seeing these strange trees with very thick trunks. They are known as Boab trees. When we arrived at the WA border we had to say bye to 2 containers of honey at the quarantine inspection point. We had finished our fruit & vegies, but the honey was strange why it had to go. In WA they treat honey a lot longer - that was the explanation??

We have now arrived at Kununurra and are staying right on the lake. There are plenty of fresh water crocs in the lake and a resident one named ‘George’ who is only about 50m away from our van (up an embankment). There has been a siting of saltwater crocs in the past year (although rare) so maybe not ideal for kayaking!

Meet George - with part of his bottom jaw missing

Impressive sunsets on the lake