Halls Creek - Stuart Highway

We left Halls Creek last Friday morning to embark upon the last of the gravel roads we are to travel on this trip. After driving up the Tanami Road none of us really wanted to go back that way so decided to go quite a bit further north and discover 3 more outback roads - namely the Duncan Road the Buntine and Buchanan Highways. After the first 50 kms out of Halls Creek we weren't sure that we had made the right decision but after that, the road improved remarkably. We are now in Tennant Creek and are off to 'Alice' tomorrow so I shall write more in the days that we have there.Bob has to mend all sorts of things - this time it was the broom handle, broken by me whilst sweeping out our tent!

Fay catching up on her diary

Topping up the tank on the Buntine Highway

Another outdoor amenties block - Buntine Highway

Dawn over our Buntine H'way campsite

The lunch girls - Palm Springs Duncan Road WA

Back in the Bungle Bungles - Fay negotiating a ladder!

A throwback to Wyndham - Bob 'planking' at 5 Rivers Lookout

Our water baby!

You find these cattle roadtrains anywhere - Palm Springs Duncan Road

Roadside chat with Frontier Services Patrol Padre Ian Boudry - Duncan Road

There he goes again!

The 'Wall of China' outside Halls Creek

The Kimberley Hotel Resort where we stayed in Halls creek

Purnululu Photos - found another internet access!!

One shot of Halls Creek - near Shire buildings

Wassa cooking pancakes

My hardest job of the day - getting my fantastic sleeping bag back inot it's bag!!

One of the creek crossings on the Purnululu track - Bob had to 'lock the diff' to get through this one!

Another easier crossing - Bob did a great job easing the trailer along this track!

Wassa in Echidna Chasm

Sunset in the Bungle Bungles

Wassa in Piccaninny Creek

Wassa chatting with Poppy and Harry in Cathedral Gorge

Cathedral Gorge - find Wassa!

Cathedral Gorge

Entering Cathedral Gorge

One of our first glimpses of the Bungle Bungles

Ditto

The Hubbisons in the Bungles

Our ammenities Wilardi campsite - Bungles Bungles

Had to move over for this one on Mabel Downs Stn enroute to Bungles

Just another creek crossing

This is our first sighting of the famous Bungle Bungle formations

Hi there, you hear some VERY negative things about Halls Creek but so far it has been a pleasant surprise for us. It is a 'dry' community so you can't but bottles of wine or spirits at all from a bottle shop but you can buy low-alcohol beer after 5pm. Had a beautiful Thai meal in the dining room here at the Kimberley Hotel Resort and all staff here have been very pleasant and professional. Our waitress last night was a delightful backpacker from Peru! So here are some pics from our journey into 'Purnululu' or 'The Bungle Bungles'. Sorry there are not many with Bob and Fay in them - I haven't been able to use their photos this time but will rectify in next post!

Purnululu or 'The Bungle Bungles'

Hi Dear Faithful Followers,

This is just to let you know that we are still in the land of the living as I am struggling to use the Webpoint Internet Kiosk at the Kimberley Hotel! 'As' and '@s' have a tendency to not appear when you expect them to and I have just discovered that 'j' does the same thing and that 'x' is 'z' and vice versa!! Oh well, that's life! Also I can't upload any of our fantastic piccies of The Bungles so you'll have to wait for them sorry! We had a wonderful time yesterday walking into The Cathedral Gorge - even Fay made it - much to her surprise and pleasure - I think. She's struggling with her upper back today but I don't think it was due to yesterday's efforts. After some heat, massage and Panadiene she's feeling a little better. So we are in a motel room tonight here in Halls Creek so she can have a night in a decent bed - of course we'll all enjoy that!

Bob did a great job getting us into and out of Purnululu without further mishap to the trailer thank the Lord! Today the 66 kms took us 31/2 hrs! It includes about 10 creek crossings, some of which are quite tricky!! So until I can add some photos I'll sign off for now - expect to be in 'Alice' by next Thursday at this stage. Love to all Yvonne and the Hubbison Crew

More photos!

The Blues Brothers Bash car
Lindsay Curry from Springwood became a hippy!
The beautiful Cockburn Ranges
Waiting our turn to ford the Pentecost River
Warwick with part of the Navy Team from Sydney
Oops again!! The wheel was 2ks back down the road!
The Boab trees up here are amazing! Home Valley Station
Watching the WA Bash cars come in at Drysdale Station
'Just a bit more off here please'
This tyre went to tyre heaven!
After sunset over the Cockburn Ranges
Trailer-sitting
This is the 3rd time the trailer has looked like this!
Warwick doing his bit.
We ran for 2ks on this hub!
Jabiru nest in Lake Argyle
One of the 'Freshies' Lake Argyle
We were in a boat like this
Bob and Fay at 5 Rivers Lookout


Today we are still in Kununurra so I'm just going to add some photos from the last couple of weeks that I've missed putting in before. Warwick and I did a very interesting Agricultural Tour this morning to find out about the other part of the Lake Argyle/Ord River Scheme. Fay and Bob did some necessary business in town, mainly replacing the tyre we lost on the Gibb River Road!
Probably won't be adding any more until we get back to 'Alice' - we're off to the Bungle Bungles tomorrow! Lots of love till then :-) Sorry the photos are in no particular order!