It might seem that we've done nothing but drive the past (almost) 3 weeks and it might be so, but it doesn't mean we don't enjoy it!
Today we left Timber Creek quite late (9.30am) as we only had 220ks to drive and were gaining an hour and a half at the WA border (and losing a jar of honey!).
It was the most gorgeous drive out of the Victoria Escarpment region, along the Pinkerton Ranges, through Keep National Park and into the Kimberley. We drove through a wonderful swamp/floodway for about 10ks absolutely teeming with waterbirds: brolgas, ducks, ibis, jabarus etc and heaps of hawks and eagles. We even saw an eagle fly over us with a snake in it's talons. It really reminded me of the yellow waters boat tour we did at Kakadu years ago. Once again the road was a bit rough, but we just took it slow so no dramas. For the third day in a row we saw a helicopter taking off by the roadside just in front of us to muster cattle-it was like Groundhog Day. It was great to see the boab trees and kapok bushes (with their bright yellow flowers) and know we were getting to the Kimberley and WA.
We are now in Kununarra for two nights, though I'd really like to stay three as we have the nicest site. Tomorrow morning we have the car booked in with a local auto electrician as we need a stronger hot wire to the battery. We didn't realise until we got into this heat that the fridge in this new van wasn't working on battery power as we travelled-our hot wire is too small, so the battery or fridge (or something) sort of shuts off to protect itself from overloading.
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