Kununurra

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Another hot driving day with temperatures reaching 40C outside the car. But inside the car we measured the temperatures at 45°C under the glass. We are not using the air conditioning system to help keep the engine temperature as low as possible as well as ensuring we do not get a shock once we get out of the car. The overnight temperatures of 29C are the real challenge however, and humidity to also rising. So not a dry heat.

Enough about the temperature.  We have arrived in Kununurra which is on the eastern side of The Kimberley’s and also just inside Western Australia. The drive was through open woodlands and where we saw some pretty miserable cattle. A chat with a local at the roadhouse in Timber Creek confirmed that the hot temperatures we are experiencing are not meant to start until the end of October. Looks like our visit to The Kimberley’s is going to be hot and humid with dry waterholes and waterfalls. Ok, it is all about the temperature.

At the campground we met a German couple who have travelled extensively in their amazing looking 4WD truck, which is totally kitted out. They have come through the Silk Route including South East Asia, Indonesia and Timor Leste to get here to Kununarra via Darwin. Good news, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and to a lesser degree Cambodia and Laos are not a problem to get our car into. The not so good news, Vietnam seems to be quite impossible (at the moment and according to them).