Kununurra - gateway to Kimberley

About 40km from NT / WA border is Kununurra - the eastern gateway to the Kimberley. We have set up camp here and will use this as a base to explore the surrounding areas.

Kununurra is a fairly young town that was established as a construction town for the nearby Ord River irrigation scheme built in the 1960s. There are some interesting features that were worthwhile checking out. Nestled on the shores of Lake Kununurra (a manmade lake from the Ord River Irrigation Area) is very attractive and a great place to cool down - if you want to share it with the 7000 freshwater crocs that live there. The lake also provides Irrigation for the surrounding farmland with crops from soya beans and chickpeas, to tropical fruits (mango, banana and pawpaw), and cotton as well as the lucrative sandalwood which produces the oils for perfumes etc.

There is also the Mirima National Park which is also known as the mini bungle bungles which has some nice walks. I did the easy ones and sent Brad off to do the harder sections. Also climbed Kelly's knob for some great views over Kununurra. We drove to the Ivanhoe Crossing to watch people cross the causeway in their 4WD. It seems to be the thing to do when you are here.

Visited an ornamental stone factory that works with zebra stone. A very unique stone that is only produced in 2 places in Australia (possibly the world?). The other place is Litchfield in NT and they don't even understand how it is made. I bought an egg to go with my collection of stone eggs.

While at Kununurra we also visited Wyndham, Lake Argyle and did a flight over the Bungle Bungles but I'll cover these in separate footprints.Read more