Western Australia - The beginning

We’re in Western Australia!! The blog writing has gotten a little bit behind as we’ve been having so much fun.

Our first stop was Kununurra, a perfect base for a scenic flight over the stunning Lake Argyle and a rock formation which they call ‘The Bungle Bungles’. The flight was two hours long and the five of us, along with a pilot squashed into the tiny little plane. The views were incredible!

Following our flight, we departed Kununurra and tried to visit Emma Gorge and El Questro, the site at which the film Australia was filmed. We had planned to watch the film on the evening after going to see it in the day on our laptop. We were so happy to arrive after driving down a very bumpy unsealed road for a while...

And then we drove a little further and we came upon a sign which read ‘Closed until April 2013...

So instead of visiting El Questro, we used our time effectively…

We continued our drive, heading west towards Broome on the coast. We also tried to visit the famous Wolfe Creek, which is home to not only the events of a horror film, but the world’s second largest meteor crater in the world. However, we weren’t sure if Monty could cope with the very long bumpy road to it, so we just stopped at the sign instead!

After a whole lot more driving, we arrived in Broome. Although small, we both really liked the town. We had a couple of relaxing days here, chilling on the beautiful Cable Beach, having a dip in the pool and even trying some mango and lime cider brewed onsite at a nice little bar we found, delicious!

Whilst in Broome, we managed to get our hands on a mosquito net, which meant we could sleep with the boot of the car open finally! Our days of uncomfortably hot nights sleeps were over, hooray!

Driving south we found another gorgeous beach called ‘eighty mile beach’… you guessed it, it stretches for eighty miles! It was home to amazing white sands and beautiful clear water.

From Broome, we detoured away from the coast to visit Karajini National Park. We stayed the night here and visited a couple of the spots there. Although this national park was beautiful in its own right, our favourite has been Litchfield by far. So we left fairly promptly as we hoped to be in a bigger town as Becky’s birthday was approaching the next day and celebrations were in order.

That’s all for now!!

Peace and Love,
Lyds & Bex
xxxxx