11-34 degC
Yay, we finally made it into WA!
After a very dark and quiet night (only one road train all night), Wendy was trying to slow Greg down a bit as we would gain an hour and a half when we crossed the border. However, he was up walking before sunrise and we were on the road a bit before 8:30 am (NT time). Because we had done such a good job of cleaning out all fruit,veggies, and honey, and we had our G2G (COVID Declarations) passes all ready and waiting, it only took us about five minutes to be granted entry at the NT-WA border. A friendly Police officer checked the passes, and the quarantine officer checked the car and van.There was a bongo van in front of us that was pulled aside for further investigation.
First thing we did when we arrived in Kununurra was restock the fridge at Coles. Maybe with fruit and veggies that had come from NT or Qld, ha ha. Mornos followed in the van in the dust bowl of an RV car park. We then rang the van park to see if we could book a site and were told the internet was down so she couldn't even see what was available. We took a chance and drove there, and were pleasantly surprised when we were able to book a powered site for three nights AND get a Seniors Discount- bonus! We are happy to pay the $42/night as other parks are charging up to $80/n for an unpowered site. Only snag was we could only check-in after 10:30 am and it was then 9:15 am WA time. We parked in their visitor carpark, and whilst Greg went for a ride, Wendy caught up on a few admin tasks. We were finally set up on a nice grassy site (#802) just before 11 am. A rest followed our lunch, then as it was still only 1:30 pm and a little warm to be out and about, a load of washing was done. Greg is getting pretty good at this book reading caper and sat down with his book whilst Wendy did some more admin.
We set out on the bikes about 3 pm. 19 km later we were back at the van park. Not sure how long we will be able to stay up until tonight, but hopefully we can get over this 'state-lag' thing pretty quickly.
Sunrise at the rest area/Free Camp
Signs at the WA border
Parked up waiting to be let into the van park
Lake Kununurra
Lilly Creek Lagoon jetty up close
The wider picture
Lake Kununurra, part of the Ord River scheme
Lagoon near the Discovery Parks van park
Greg's iPhone photo - he only ever takes one shot
The Old Gantry Crane 1963-2019, used to maintain the Kununurra Diversion Dam gates
The old gantry crane and an old dredge
Someone has a sense of humour - a cute little Mercedes
17 places marked as camping spots for this visit to WA, with plenty more to visit
that aren't marked; have already removed about 25 from QLD and NT
Phew, finally caught up on your blog. Pics look great. Stay safe.
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