East Kimberly

KUNUNURRA only 42 kms from the Northern Territory border is like an oasis. Serviced by the water in Lake Argyle the area is classed as the salad bowl with the various crops grown in the area such as water melons, mango's and rock melons. There are also a lot of sandalwood plantations with the trees being exported to Asia.

MIRIMAR NATIONAL PARK just a few kilometres out of town looks like a mini version of the Bungle Bungles.

LAKE ARGYLE wow, lake as far as the eye can see, the wet season water is stored here and then released down into the Ord River, through Lake Kununurra, Diversion dam, water passed on to local farms at $5.00 per million kilolitres and then further down the Ord River and out to sea. Unfortunately it is not cost effective to pipe the water south and enough water to provide Australia for a year goes out to sea every few days - amazing.

ORD RIVER flowing today at about 14km's, interesting the changing vegetation along our 55km trip from the Lake Argyle dam to our caravan park in Kununurra. The river is home to the most freshwater crocodiles in Australia.

LAKE KUNUNURRA at sunset.