NT Border to Kakadu National Park 15 – 19 September 2016 The crossing the border of Western Australia into the Northern Territory was interesting. On one side of the road, a big shed which everyone heading west must stop and declare just about everything they are carrying, and for the people east; nothing but Read More …
Month: September 2016
23 – The Last of WA
Kununurra – Bungle Bungles – Wolf Creek – Lake Argyle 9 – 15 September With the Gibb River Road behind us it was time to finish off our WA tour with some highlights of the East Kimberly. First stop Kununurra where we were able to pick up a new replacement tyre and bushes for Read More …
22 – The Gibb River Road
Derby to Kununurra 28 August – 9 September Entroopy Log, Day 116 Derby to Windjana Gorge We left today on our much anticipated trip along the famous, if not a little infamous, Gibb River Road – a road which was constructed by Pastoralists last century to give access to their homesteads. These days Read More …
21 – Broome and the Dampier Peninsula
Broome – Dampier Peninsula 25 – 28 August It is 606km from Port Hedland up to Broome, so we settled down for a long drive, we wanted to get as far down the road as we could so set our sights on a 24hr rest stop ~400km along the way. After leaving Port Headland Read More …
20 – On the Iron Ore Trail
Tom Price to Port Hedland 20 – 25 August The closest town to Karijini National Park is a town called Tom Price, named after the mountain, which in turn was named after the chairman of an American steel company. The town came into being in the 60’s when the Iron ore mine there was Read More …