Today we enjoyed a buffet breakfast at the hotel which was included with our accommodation before checking out. Accommodation was so hard to get when we booked 6mths ago that we had to stay one night at the Kimberley Grande then move for a further 3 nights at the Kimberlyland Waterfront Caravan Park.
As we were essentially “homeless” for the day, we decided to venture out to Wyndham which was a lovely scenic drive. At Wyndham, we visited the port and walked along the jetty; surprised at just how brown and muddy the water looked. We then headed back to the main street via the caravan park to check out the largest boab tree in “captivity” with a whopping circumference.
On the main street we visited the local Croc Bakery to get some food including a croc pie, barra pie and some sweet treats for later. Up to the Five Rivers Lookout we headed which is quite high up and involves several very tight hairpin turns. The view from the lookout was incredible and a great spot to stop and eat our pie. It’s quite unbelievable to see the green colour of the plants close to the edge of the water change into brown the further inland the plants were.
We then headed to Warriu Park to view sculptures depicting an indigenous family along with kangaroo, dingo, goanna and snake. The sculptures were much larger than any of us thought they were going to be and really well done. A quick stop at the largest saltwater crocodile sculpture and we were on our way out of Wyndham.
Not too far down the road is The Grotto, a magnificent little spot deep down in the earth (or so it seems). There are 144 steep rocky stairs to get down to the waterhole at the bottom of the grotto which was quite a tranquil little spot though we weren’t 100% sure exactly what was in the water so the boys opted against having a go on the swinging rope but they did dip their toes in the water a little bit. I should note some young adult males had been swinging off the rope when we were down there and they were fine and the area is known as a safe swimming spot so we were confident no-one was in any imminent danger.
By this stage it was early afternoon so we headed back to Kununurra, stopping for the buffalo that decided to cross the road in front of us. Before getting back into town we stopped at the Diversion Dam wall, which was also a great spot to eat the sweet treats purchased earlier for afternoon tea. It would be awesome to see the Diversion Dam wall gantry in operation but I’m not sure when you’d have the opportunity to do that.
Back in town, we visited Coles to stock up on supplies for the next few nights before checking in to our accommodation. Our cabin in absolutely stunning and has a fantastic view over Lily Creek Lagoon on Lake Kununurra.
Today, there was a Dragon Boat marathon, 55km down the Ord River from Lake Argyle which finished right on our doorstep so that was pretty cool to watch. We cooked ourselves a BBQ on our deck for dinner and enjoyed watching the sunset.
