Taking the scenic route, one day at a time
Kununurra was a real surprise package for us. We initially planned to stay for five or six nights. But we were so overwhelmed by the beauty of the surrounding Kimberley region, we ended up staying nine nights (including one night at nearby Lake Argyle), using Kununurra as a base for exploring the wider region, sans…
We were keen to take a scenic flight over the Kimberleys, but how do you choose when there are so many tours, each offering different packages and sights? In the end, we chose Aviair’s six-hour combined fly/drive ‘Bungle Bungle Adventurer + Diamond Mine’ – and we were so glad we did! What a fantastic experience!…
We headed off to Wyndham for the day, to see what was once the main town in Western Australia’s East Kimberley region. But rather than take the highway there and back (BORING!), we followed the advice of a very helpful officer in the Kununurra tourist information centre. She suggested we take the back road up…
Just driving toward Lake Argyle, amidst stunning scenery of rugged, red rocky hills, and we knew we were in for a treat! The impressive Lake Argyle is 90 km south of Kununurra, in the beautiful East Kimberley region of Western Australia. Lake Argyle was formed following the construction of the Ord River Dam between 1969…
With our days in the Northern Territory drawing to a close, we headed back down the Stuart Highway again towards Katherine, this time to join the Victoria Highway to venture west towards Western Australia. This section of the trip, from Daly River in the NT to Kununurra in WA, is just under 800 kms, but…