For a travel day, it was a pretty leisurely start. Coffee and a book in bed then wandered back
up to Deb and Paul's for egg and bacon sandwiches complemented by Deb's
homemade tomato and chilli chutney and a cuppa.
Back to the van to pack up with Brayden helping Ben (and showing me that
Ben is very patient and good with kids)and the dogs sitting around watching and
looking a bit sad as they realised they were going to lose their new friends.
Said our final goodbyes and thank yous to Deb and PJ who were
so warm and welcoming to all of us before starting to head south again as
Wyndham is the furtherest north we go on this holiday. Almost felt like the holiday was half over
now heading south until we turned east and headed further away from Perth again. Within the hour we were pulling in to
Kununurra where Jenny did a bit of reminiscing of her own. Although I have never been to Kununurra,
about 30 years ago I worked for Warren F Johnson and Co as a secretary and
Warren and Barbara Johnson lived in Kununurra and did all their business via
their Perth office which was a penthouse on Kings Park Drive (best surroundings for a workplace I've ever
had!). I typed up hundreds of letters
about places and subdivisions in Kununurra and had a lot of contact with a lot
of Kununurra people so I have always felt like I know the place. I have Warren to thank for getting me into
town planning. So it was a bit weird to
recognised street signs and places from my past as we drove into town.
We found a big vacant block filled with car and caravan
parking and it was conveniently close to Coles so we pulled up there. Another big shop as our Wyndham shop had just
been for essentials and we took it back to the caravan and loaded up the fridge
and caravans. Walked back to the Wild
Mango Cafe for lunch as all that shopping had made us hungry. Larry and I had BLT's and Ben a pulled pork
taco and we all had some mango themed drink be it smoothie or slushie.
Drove on east to the Lake Argyle turn off and then started
heading south again. The scenery has
changed again and there seems to be less boab trees here and more big gum
trees. Made it to the Lake Argyle resort
and into an organised business with camp greeters ready to chaperone you to
your site and help you park up and a big information/booking desk, souvenir
area , cafe and beer garden. Once again,
the caravan park is pretty full but the sites here are a reasonable size and
grassed and shady so quite pleasant and we are not too far away from the
amenities for once.
Set up the van and then went for a wander around the park so
that we could see where everything was and so that Larry can check out all the
other vans. Found the famous infinity
pool but it was too full of kids and too cool and windy to tempt me today. Back to the van and got the roast on and then
we hopped in the car and drove up to the Pannikin Bay lookout to watch the
sunset. Quite a few people up there and
we were the last car to be able to squeeze in to the car park. Such a big expanse of blue water in front of
us and it's only one little bay in the whole of Lake Argyle. Wow.
Back down to the van and the delicious aromas of our lamb
roast. Sorry neighbours! Ben set up the television and we were able to
watch the news for the first time in a few weeks. Masterchef is now on the background as I type
this. Not many contestants left
now! Might just be able to watch the end
of it before bed calls. We do like our
early nights now!
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