We got away nice and early this morning because we had been told that Fitzroy Crossing filled up really quickly but, upon arriving here at 1.30pm, we found that the park was only half full and we had a choice of sites! How things can change in just a few days! It was nice to stop early though and just lounge about in the shade as it is 33 degrees today.
The drive today, 400kms, was a bit boring, long straight roads, all flat with lots of scrub, and only the odd stray cow and river crossing to attract attention. But what looks pretty ordinary to us is actually some of the richest pastoral property in Australia and a number of the biggest stations are in this region.
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| Broome to Fitzroy Crossing |
Crossing the Fitzroy River is always full of possibility but there were no crocodiles sunning themselves today. The Fitzroy has the third largest discharge of water into the sea in the world, following the Amazon and the Nile Rivers. Obviously that is in the Wet, and it does have many other rivers that join it to make this incredible flow, estimated to be in excess of 30,000 cubic metres / second, entering the Cambridge Gulf at Derby.
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| The Fitzroy River |
The icon of the Kimberly is the boab and we saw lots of these trees today. I love them as they are so big, so old and so unique. At any time of the day they make a stunning silhouette. We also saw lots more mulla mulla, with patches of purple showing up amongst the yellow grass; plenty of wattles in flower; and an unusual tree that has lots of bright red seed pods hanging from it that catch the sun and consequently, your eye.
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| Morning Tea at Willare Bridge Roadhouse |
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| The majestic boab |
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| What an entrance! |
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| The red seed pods are like christmas decorations |
The township of Fitzroy Crossing is looking very neat and green with a large number of new houses. A loaf of white sliced bread was $4.50 so it is not cheap to live here but, again, the tourist office was excellent and we plan an interesting day tomorrow.
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