Wednesday 22nd July – Kununurra to Big Horse Creek at Timber Creek

09:00, 120636 – Leaving Kununurra

After 3 weeks waiting for car parts and roof top tent, that didn’t arrive anyway, we are finally leaving.

All the tourist brochures said to spend more time in Kununurra, we should’ve believed them!

11:30, 120745 – Rest stop along the way
The rest stops are very few and very far between, on this stretch of road. But, this one was exceptional.

It had drinking water, shelters, toilets, fireplaces with wood provided and chopped, garbage bins with lids, 24hr stays, and wonderful views of rocky cliffs. It was quite busy while we were here with quick stopovers and we imagine would be packed overnight.

14:00, 120849 – Big Horse Creek
This is a National Park camping area just off the road near the creek. It had toilets and water but no showers. It cost $6 per night and was close to the 4wd boat ramp into Big Horse Creek, It would be great during the proper Barramundi season. It’s too late late in the season to catch any at the moment.

We set up quickly and after talking to neighbours we drove around the local pionts of interest.

The Escarpment Lookout

This point was a designated rest area only but there were many people camped here who were obviously staying longer. We followed a track to the “boat ramp” which proved to be a very steep 4wd access to the creek. It was bad enough in a car let alone a car and trailer.

Bradshaw Bridge
This is the acess bridge to the Armed Forces restricted area (we heard frequent aircraft taking off all evening and saw an army vehicle accessing the boat ramp track at our campsite.

View of creek from Bradshaw Bridge

17:00, 120883, back to camp

Our mileage today was 247k.