Day 12 - Wolfe Creek to The Bungle Caravan Park

0When we were in NT the sun wasn't coming up until after 7 o'clock. We have now crossed into WA and forgot about the time change. So last night we ate dinner at 4pm and when Ruby asked if she could wake up this morning, we said OK because it was starting to get light outside. We soon realised it was only 5.15am. So we were up, fed, packed up and on the road by 7.30. 

We had 134km to travel, from Wolfe Creek to the end of the Tanami. It was a pretty eneventful trip to the end apart from a few wedge tailed eagles feeding on fresh road kill.

Ptilotus, beautiful pink flowers along the side of the Tanami

At the end of the Tanami is a quarantine station where you have to offload fruit, veges and honey. We aired up the tyres and headed into Halls Creek. Halls Creek is a bustling little town, we restocked with food and fuelled up at a much more reasonable $1.89 per litre. 

Then we headed off on the 100km of tar highway to the Bungle Caravan Park. We are meeting up with Warren and Judy, Gills mum and dad here. They are also travelling through the Kimberley but are doing it in the opposite direction so us, but we will bump into them a few times. We will stay here the night before heading into the Bungle Bungles tomorrow.

We have seen our first boab trees, so I guess we qualify as having made the Kimberley!!

We got a call from Judy about 20min before we arrived at the Bungle Caravan Park saying they had just booked a helicopter flight over the Bungles and there was one seat spare. So 30min later Gill was taking off in a chopper for flight over the Bungles.

Apparently it was a pretty wild ride. No doors on the chopper and the pilot was banking hard over in the turns.

It's my turn 6.30 tomorrow morning, can't wait.