Wednesday 17th

Wow, it's hot up here!  Thirty six degrees.  You should try that when you carry a fur coat around!  We got to  Willare Bridge for a lunch stop on the way to Fitzroy Crossing and they had a swimming pool but they wouldn't let me use it!  I can't imagine why.

This is cattle county.  I have seen lots of cattle on the side of the road. We have to sharp eyes to make sure we miss them. Sometimes they wander into the most unlikely places!

George showed me a 'bull catcher'.  The station owners spot the cattle using a helicopter then the bull catcher rounds the cattle up for mustering. They don't use horses up here because the scrub is too thick. 

I decided to cool off in a boab tree.  Boy, they are so hard to climb.  The bark is shiny and very hard - the claws wouldn't go in! George had to help me.

Here's a little quiz.  The first person to email the answer to: pamgeosh@bigpond.com
will earn a Fredo Frog (be grateful it's not a cane toad - because  there's plenty of them up here!)
Just remember we don't alway have Internet connection every day so don't think I've ignored you if I don't answer straight away!


Q1.  Why is the boab tree called the upside down tree?

Thursday 18th

We had a great camp last night at the Fitzroy River Lodge.  Pam & George spend part of their honeymoon at the lodge just two days after it originally opened.  It's much, much bigger now with a huge area for campers and last night it was packed.  We sat outside and watched the land turn pink under the sunset. The fruit bats arrived with lots of noise - squabbling over roosts in the trees.

Today we head for a bush camp beyond Halls Creek.
On the way we made a side trip to see the China Wall.  Wow!  It was amazing.  You would think it was made by human hands.

We can see heaps of these funny looking hills.



For another Fredo Frog:  first one to email the answer (pamgeosh@bigpond.com)  wins:

Q2 What am I sitting on in the above photo and who/what made them?


Travelling on the bitumen on the open road, one truck from nowhere sends two stones. One hit the windscreen and left a chip and the other dented the stone guard on the scorpion.  Oh dear, and we haven't even hit the Gibb River Road yet!




Friday 19th

After a roadside camp in Leycester Camp, a lovely little bush camp with lots of birds, we headed to Kununurra.  

Last nights camp had a sad story.  It was named after a thirteen year old Hale School Student who lived in Halls Creek.  He died in a one vehicle accident.  The family was given permission to dedicate the overnight stop in his honour.  Apparently Leycester used to collect five cent coins and when his school case was return from the boarding school, it was filled with five cent coins.  Under his dedication sign, many travellers have placed five cent pieces.  Pam placed four, one for me, Ginger, one for Cloudie, Stormie and her other cat, Snuffles.

Finally we made it to Kununurra!

Again the day was hot but we have a lovely shady spot under a big tree, lakeside in Kununurra. I hope we'll be ok here because this is crocodile country!