DAY 80 Pilbara – Kimberley Trip
KUNUNURRA – LOWER ORD RIVER
Can’t believe we have been travelling for 80 days already. How time flies.
Today is also the day when my younger brother would have been 50, but he passed away after a heart attack at 40. Since then I live with the attitude every day is special - live for today as you don’t know what tomorrow will be.
After a late start we got picked up after 9.00am this morning for the Lower Ord Cruise. All I can say is that it was another magical day. All the tours we have taken here have been worth every cent. We have covered everything one can experience in the dry. We both agree that we would love to come to Kununurra in the wet and see the water cascading off the rock cliff faces and see the force of the water as it makes its way down to the Timor Sea.
Anyway back to the Lower Ord. It is very different to the Upper Ord. The vegetation alongside is very different. We started the tour with a visit to the local agricultural area and a stop at the Salad Bar café for beautiful mango slushies.
We continued with the bus tour through Carlton Hill Station to the tour bush camp on the banks of the Lower Ord. Boab tree on boab tree delighted the senses.
Just love the boab. We took a bush track
to see a boab that is thought to be thousands of years old.
After a relaxing barbeque lunch and entertainment by the yellow spotted monitors,
particularly when the two males decided to fight it out for supremacy we set out for a tour up river.
River Red Gums lined the river in places.
We spotted quite a few salties, some up to 5 metres long.
Some are very well camouflaged.
We saw some freshies too.
We saw cattle
along the river as we continued on to Terrara Bar where we saw some striking scenery and ancient rock formations.
On our way back we had to give a tow to a boat that had engine problems.
After afternoon tea back at the bush camp we continued downstream for more croc spotting and past Mack’s Burra camp and more great views.
There were great reflections in the water.
We saw an abundance of wallabies,
birds including the jabiru.
We saw a rather unsuspecting cow grazing just a couple metres from a salty in the water who appeared to be just waiting.
Finally we got back to the camp just as the sun set and what a sight.
Again, what a lovely day.
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