No wall at the Border

We successfully crossed into Western Australia at 12:42 today.

A quick stop at the Timber Creek Police Museum on the way out of town this morning. The photo has us smiling but the invasion stories presented by the curator are a bit upsetting. Talk of many massacres, enslavement and servitude are details that I didn’t learn in school. It’s alarming to know that it was still going on until late into last century. If only it were not so. The records are very detailed and extensive. Along with a great variety of paraphernalia made us wish we had more time to potter about. The caretaker would have been happy to have us move in.

Random assessment: the Timber Creek Bakery makes an 8 out of 10 pie, and a very acceptable coffee.

We hit the jackpot at the border. No queuing, Happy police and helpful quarantine staff. Temperature was very pleasant in the mid 20’s. Apparently there can be long periods with queues of 10-20 cars and vans. Imagine that in soaring temperatures.
You can’t take any fruit or veg, fresh fish, honey or firewood into WA. We had done our homework so no issues there and we also invested the time to complete the border pass properly. We were surprised that nobody checked our temperature - such a simple and indicative test.
We rolled into Kununurra and immediately did a restock on veggies etc., but after emptying the fridge we are suffering a little from the expected checkout price shock.
The Campground at Hidden Valley is beautiful and sits under an amazing rock formation of the striped red rock of Mirima National Park. They call it a mini Bungle.
We are close to Lake Argile, the Ord River Scheme, El Questro and Wyndham. Heaps to do over the next few days.Lue lisää