This was written by SEB! 🙂

On the 24th of October we arrived in Kimberleyland caravan park in Kununurra where we stayed by the lake. In the evening before hopping into the pool we saw a freshwater crocodile called Gummy in the lake we were camping by. The next day we woke up very early to go drop dad off in emergency because of his kidney stones. He had a CT scan and a drip, they confirmed he had a couple of stones and stayed for the night.

In the morning we picked up dad from the hospital, dad felt weak and not good from the hospital. Mum suggested that we go for a drive to the Mirima lookout and dad said, and I quote “alright”. So we got here and it was a walk. So mum said and I quote again “let’s do a little bit of the walk”. Then dad said, (yes there is a lot of talking) “let’s do the whole walk it’s only 30 minutes.” So we did the walk in 43 degree heat and dad just coming out of hospital from his kidney stone attack. It was good, the views were great, tiring but good. However when we got back to the caravan dad regretted when he said “let’s do the whole walk it’s only 30 minutes.”

It’s the 27th October today, the day we drive up to the distillery. Oh! Before we drove up we did something, we went to the pool. Exciting right? Anyway we drove up and walked in, I found two $2 coins, which makes… four dollars – I’m gonna be rich! Mum and dad did some tasting you know ordinary things. Drinks that I can’t have. But I had coke instead. (Later on today) Ivanhoe River Crossing yaaaaaaay! So we did a river crossing that is half a kilometre, “apparently.” It wasn’t that long but it was still pretty cool especially as the sky was orange from nearby grass fires. We didn’t do much just cross the river and came back to the caravan park. And also jumped in the pool. In the evening we saw awesome lightnings in the sky. Looks like the wet is coming.

Today (28/10/2021) I woke to pain in my left eye and this was a different pain you wouldn’t expect. I had an ant grabbing on to the edge of my left eyelid with it’s teeth thingies. Mum used tweezers to pull out the ant from my eyelid. Patrick woke up too. His eye was swollen and we realised we were in the middle of an ant infestation. Not a very good morning. The ants crawled in using the the water hose and inside the caravan, those cheeky buggers. Mum and dad spent half the day trying to get rid of the thousands of ants. We all ended up with dozens of painful bites. But we solved the ant problem (not really for many weeks.) Then after like always, we went to the pool, fun day today (not).

After the swim mum and I left dad and Patrick to deal with the ants while we went to a museum in Kununurra. It was small not like one you would see in a city. But it was interesting. You could touch everything in here, literally everything, including the giant 40kg crocodile skull that had once been stolen and thankfully was found again. I got to hold the 2000 Sydney Olympic torch that went through Kununurra. Since we were here alone we got a guided tour of the place. Mum really enjoyed what the museum curator was talking about, (especially his searches for the original store of Black Pat north of Wyndham), I did too. I learnt how to use the old typewriter. Also the museum curator was a descendent of Patrick Durack who was one of one of the first European settlers in the Kimberleys. It was a fun experience, really enjoyable.

The next day we were on the road again. Driving to Mary’s pool, but there is no pool. On the way our car needed petrol so we stopped in the middle of Halls Creek, an Indiginous Australian community that didn’t seem very friendly from the online reviews we read. Every fence was barbed, cameras everywhere. When we got to Mary’s Pool we set up, then went for a walk on a dried river then slept. The next day we went to Derby where we went to watch the tides come in. Derby has the 8th highest tides in the world and 2nd highest in Australia. In the evening we ate dinner at the local pub. There was no pool at the caravan park so after we went straight to bed. Tomorrow’s stop is Broome.