Wyndham (WK 16)

We arrived in Wyndham on 03/07/2021 for a 5 night stay. Wyndham Caravan Park (CP) is a lovely haven: beautiful trees, beautiful grass and little dust. Yippee! And the weather is just perfect: blue skies, no humidity, little breeze, warm days (30) and cool evenings(15).

Wyndham is a very nice small town. Some facts about Wyndham: the most northerly town in WA, daily tides rise and fall up to 8.3m and one of the hottest places in Australia with an average maximum daily temperature of 36c.

We spent the 5 days visiting the various local attractions.

On 04/07/2021 we drove to the Five Rivers Lookout on the top of the Bastion Range where you can see five Kimberley rivers (Ord, Forest, King, Durack and Pentecost) where they combine and enter the Cambridge Gulf. It is also a popular spot for watching the sunset so we returned later that evening. Beautiful place to watch the sunset. There were also some very tame rock wallabies which is unusual as they are normally very shy.

On 05/07/2021 we drove (off road …… so more tyre deflation …. and dust ….) along the King River Road which gave us fabulous views of the Cockburn Range. Along the route is the town water source dam, billabongs, aboriginal rock art and a Boab Prison Tree (every town in the Kimberley seems to have one!).

On 06/07/2021 we drove to The Grotto, a small canyon reached by 140 steps down (which means up to….) that has a waterhole at the base. The waterfall had already dried up and it won’t be long before the waterhole does too. We didn’t go for a swim although our neighbours in the CP did and they encountered a snake……. I’m so pleased we did not go in. We then drove to Parry Creek Farm for morning tea. The best fruit scones we’ve had so far (much better than Ellenbrae) with strawberry jam and clotted cream. Yummy.

On 07/07/2021 we had a day of chores and a swim at the town pool which we both really enjoyed. On 08/07/2021 we depart for a short drive to Kununurra for an 11 night stay which will get us over the school holiday period.