Left Kununurra and the plan is for a leisurely few hundred k’s drive to our overnight camp, dump the van and tent it into the Bungle Bungles tomorrow as only 4WD access.
Enjoyed a coffee (yay powered site) overlooking the lake (I need to mention our Aldi coffee machine that was a last minute inclusion into our van, it hasn’t missed a beat – touch wood, but the pods are being strictly rationed!)
Samuel found a mate to have an impromptu didge session at the playground with, they were just about to make up signs and get a hat for a busking session when we had to pull the pin on it and get on the road...
A bit out of town is the Zebra Rock Gallery and it sounds like something worth a look. “Zebra Rock” is stripes of a combination of red ochre and siltstone which is only found on the side of Lake Argyle once the level has dropped. There is an artist in residence painting fine works of art on the rocks there, the kids can feed the catfish in the lake out the back and the piece-de-resistance .....a playground!
Everything in the shop is great but expensive so we get a small bag of rocks for $8. We get out the back and see big bags of raw rock for $20! We get some and plans are made for lots of sanding, sculpting and polishing – time will tell...
Driving on and the scenery on the Great Northern Highway is pretty good. There are rocky mountain ranges all around and the sun is starting to set. There is a lot of burning off along the road ( as there has been everywhere) and the contrast of the flames, smoke and sky looks really good so we stop for a pic
As dusk turns to nightfall, it’s getting harder to make out shapes of the cows grazing on the side of the road and we narrowly miss hitting a couple.
We finally make it to our offroad camp and squeeze in with the other happy campers who will leave their vans here for the Bungles experience.
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