from darwin to kununnurra

WELL....a hiccup ..julie's mum first of all had her op ..not successful and has had a light stroke in the aftermarth so this has seen us  back from daley river to darwin a night at Chris and christine 's julie on the plane and back home to see her mum and as I write this she is still in ballarat but coming back up thursday ....so I'd better get the Vanwork done !!!!!!...Mum is doing the best she can and will go to the QE for rehab ...whether she is able to go back to the village remains to be seen but she has improved..ne step at a time ...Kerri spent time with her immediately after and did a great job , Billy also went in this was important ..Peter and Bill  came down and Julie arrived the next day as did Katie.......that's a snapshot...lots more happened but back to the trip ...................................

down to the Daley river  about 100 klms in from adelaide River first part the road was a little narrow but at the turnoff it changed into a better road then the freeway !! they are also building a new bridge there as well I imagine to get across in the wet ....

as you imagine fishing is the big thing at daley river relaxing is a part as well they hold the barra championships there as well ...a boat is the best way but we had a crack when the water gets a bit cold the barra go off ...and don't want to know ..needless to say we didn't do any good but is was another experience ...it's one thing fishing and another keeping an eye out for the crocs which are prevelant there but we survived sun up sundown is just too pretty

with julie's mum having a setback we were off ..Ian and anne stayed there and waited for me to return

we were tryin !! still we headed out of daley river and stopped for an overnighter at adelaide river in the middle of the national park  then it was down to katherine for some shopping and on to  victoria river  camping overnight $10 per person powered site basic but fine....

now into escarpents  and sure enough we got up early and went fishin....

lots more to follow

only a quarter but nice

 cooking with kel and the stir fry using up all the vegies before the quarintine  crossing before kununurra...

morning

the victoria river

the most common thing up here ..friends

we are still tryin !!! ian caught a couple of catfish  me zero !!

perhaps i'm getting better at the nightime shots ...........

the new wife sign was still up from the last time maybe he trades them in

so up and under way down to another overnighter before kununnurra

a lot more escarpments and Boabs along the way for fuel and $1.90 a litre ..100 yards away $1.93

Tea and scones this says it all.....

off we went to our free camp for the night  the speed limit is a little higher than victoria but the roads are no different ..and there is a lot of traffic at times !

and last but nor least the boab in kununnurra now kicking back ...yeah right !!

bye for now