Timber Creek/Kununurra

Our next stopover  is Timber Creek in Western Australia, the border crossing into W A is very strict to avoid any pests entering W A by fresh produce, as we had fresh fruit tomatoes and potatoes we stopped in a small clearing near quarantine check point to cook the potatoes, tomatoes and eat as much fruit as possible, the border inspectors went through the caravan opening every storage space to check that there wasn't any hidden produce or honey.
Timber Creek was a whistle stop road house with 2 caravan parks, the park we stayed in was good for 1 night and the caretaker was also doubling  up as a tourst quide he suggested we visit the lookout to view the Adelaide River and also to go to scenic drive to watch the sunset.

Timber Creek

Timber creek

                                                                                        Lookout

We arrived in Kununurra and booked into the Ivanhoe caravan park. We booked a full day tour on the Argyle Lake and Ord River also a 3 hour tour in a fixed wing Float Plane to view the Lake together with the Bungle Bungles and Argle Diamond mine.We landed on the Argyle Lake and went ashore to have afternoon tea. The beach where we were to have afternoon tea had to be cleared of crockadiles first, it was exciting to land on water.

Bungle Bungle

 Bungle Bungles

 Bungle Bungles

Argyle Diamond Mine

Wallaby       

Lake Argyle

Female Golden Orbe

Lake Argyle

We cruised on Lake Argyle in the morning and stopped to see various wild life, the lake is currently 44 times bigger than Sydney harbour, there is enough discharge of water at the moment to supply the population of Australia with 300 ltrs per person every hour. After lunch we cruised down the Ord River some 53 km back to Kununurra.