Bungle Bungles to Kununarra

We woke up at 5am and packed up all our bags. We walked over to the Deck and had some coffee and waited for Jayden and Tash to come out where we said goodbye. We were on the road at 6:50am. I drove first and in the National Park the drive wasn’t to bad. We made small stops along the way to take photos of the scenery and passed many cars on there way into the Bungle Bungles. As we came around one corner we found a car that must have rolled the day prior!

After 1hr and 40minutes (which we timed) on the corrugated road we made it to the Great Northern Highway. We stopped at Warmun for fuel and then refilled again in Doon Doon before we arrived in Kununurra just before 12pm. We stopped in at the Kimberley Fine Diamonds store to have a look at the Argyle Diamonds.

We learnt that the Argyle Diamond mine was the world's primary source of pink diamonds which attract on average, more than 20-500 times the price of an equivalent white diamond. Of all the diamonds unearthed at the Argyle mine site during its almost 40-year mine life, less than 1 per cent were pink. We couldn’t believe the price of a small pink diamond with some diamonds upwards of $500,000.

We walked to the visitors centre and learnt that Emma Gorge was also being evacuated due to the fires. We called the accommodation who confirmed and asked the Visitor Centre where we should go next. They suggested to drive to Wyndham and onto Home Valley. We decided to book a night in Kununurra and then 3 nights in Home Valley. It was nearly 1pm so we drove to the Celebrity Tree Park for lunch. It was a beautiful spot on the water with lots of birds around and we could see Brown Falcons flying above us.

We then went to a few indigenous art galleries which had varying types of art and some more modern pieces. Scott and I both bought engraved Boab tree nuts and I also found a dog toy for Lou. We continued on to the Kimberley Ornamental Stonecraft where they use Zebra Rock to create carvings and engravings. They mine the Zebra Rock which is a sedimentary rock formed from varying layers of siltsone and mudstone over the years from an island on Lake Argyle where they hold a mining lease. We decided not buy anything and continued on to the Lily Lagoon Resort for checkin just before 4pm.Lue lisää