Kununurra

It was nice to finally arrive in Kununurra and get all stocked up. We took in a bunch of the local sites. We took goofy pictures of us as boab trees (as seen here) which are the best trees I have ever seen; they have so much personality.

We also got down to the Zebra Rock Gallery which included a "feed the catfish" feature (it was definetly the highlight for us). You got some pieces of bread and after chucking a few in, the catfish formed a big, writhing mat. It was so awesome that we all walked back to the car to get our cameras and I think I took about 6 pictures.

We went down to the Hoochery to try some of the local rum, reported to be the only rum produced in Western Australia. The guys working there were awesome - very chilled out and incredibly friendly. Phil sampled the rum, Heather and I tried the rum cake which is, hands down, the most delicious cake I have had in Australia thus far. Hmmm ... I could go for another piece right now!

The main attraction of Kununurra was that it had two companies that would fly you over the Bungle Bungle ranges. We all loaded up on a plane (with Heather getting to sit beside the pilot!) on July 9 (my dad's 60th birthday - Happy Birthday Dad!!!!) and got some wonderful views of Argyle lake, the diamond mine, the irrigated area where they farmed (a big draw, apparently, as you can take tours of just that area) and, most importantly, the Bungle Bungles. It was really cool. We took the 6:00 am flight and saw the light catching the ranges beautifully. It was shame that we couldn't drive down and had the chance to walk around the mounds, but it would have taken another 3 days.

Our campsite in Kununurra was right on the side of a national park and we got a great view of another little outcrop of rock. We all went tromping around there at sunset to see the setting sun turn the rock bright orange. Phil took our didgeridoo and we both played a bit. The resonance and echoes off the rock was really cool (Mom, since you weren't sure what a didgeridoo looks like, here is Phil playing our didge - it's about 5 ft long). What wasn't so cool was getting lost on the way home and having to walk through shoulder-high grass for 20 mins in the general direction of town.