We left the awesome Bungle Bungles and headed back to
Kununurra for the second time. Jenny had
been posing the hypothetical question “If you were being put into witness
protection and could choose between Derby and Kununurra, which would you
choose?” and the firm answer from both of us is 'Kununurra' for sure. The fact that we could ride our bikes in
Kununurra without instant punctures was just one easy factor.
We met up with Ross, Barb and Daniel again and have planned
to travel with them to Darwin. We all
went out to Gulliver’s Tavern for a birthday dinner for Jenny and were going to
buy a nice bottle of bubbles to celebrate but the only option was a $20 brand
we had never heard of so we decided to hold our special occasion drink over
until we were somewhere with something drinkable. We contemplated trying our friend's method of putting a bottle of Sav Blanc in the Soda Stream but realised that neither of us had brought our Soda Streams with us ;) (Miss you Rach!! xx)
The following day we went for a drive across the Ivanhoe Crossing,
which is causeway across the Ivanhoe River.
It is pretty fast flowing and there are lots of signs telling you how
dangerous it is but in reality it is really tame at this time of year.
There hasn’t been much rain and whilst the
water is flowing, it only came to just over half way up the wheels and the
crossing is concrete paving with thick low side walls so there is no chance of
going over the side unless you really try.
Nevertheless it was a great experience driving across the river and
seeing it swirling on both sides of the car.
There are salties in the river but people (obviously locals) were
walking across to fish on the other side.
Ross put up his drone and took some video.
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| Crossing behind Ross and Barb. |
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| Locals don't heed the croc signs. |
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| On the banks. |
After stocking up with food, cleaning the van and buying a
load of new bike tyres and tubes we set off, heading for Lake Argyle.
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