Up and out the door by 7.50am for another excursion. This time we boarded a catamaran and headed out into Roebuck Bay which is an area we use to fish in years ago. We went looking for the snubfin dolphin which is a close relative to the Orca. Snubfins – named for their miniature dorsal … More Broome – 30th October 2018

Let’s start today’s lesson with a brief but tumultuous review of Broome’s short history. The town was originally founded in 1883 as a port for the pearling industry and was named after the then Governor of Western Australia, Sir Frederick Broome. The 1880s saw the commencement of Broome’s pearling industry, which initially involved slavery and … More Broome – 29th October 2018

Our last day in Frog Hollow involved an early morning trip to Warmun to look for Di’s sunglasses which she had lost the previous evening at the jumba. Alas, nothing was to be found so first course of action on arrival to Perth on Wednesday will be to order some new prescription glasses. What a … More Frog Hollow and to Broome – 27th and 28th October 2018

Today was a big celebration in Warmun for their Aboriginal Art Centre which has been open for 20 years. It has a world wide reputation with pieces in Paris and significant art galleries globally. Think we mentioned that Warmun is 35 kilometres up Highway 1 from Frog Hollow with a lot of the kids that … More Warmun – 26th October 2018

Our word of the day in gija is….. Kangaroo – jiyirriny Today it is all about hanging around the Frog Hollow Community with the kids at school. This is the sign off Highway 1 which you have to be quick to catch. Look closely and you will see that it is an old car bonnet. … More Punalulu School, Frog Hollow – 25th October 2018

Forgot the word of the day for 22nd and 23rd White Fella – Gardiya Crocodile – Lila garran Emu – Wiyarril When you speak gija, you must say the words extremely quickly and then you repeat it in white fella language even faster so white fella can’t understand his own language! So, no doubt you … More Bungle Bungles – 23rd and 24th October 2018

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Amanda warned us about the sun coming up at 5.00am and that we would wake up with it. She was 100% correct, so it was a good thing that we were in bed by 8.30pm the night before!! As most of you know, we are not the earliest of risers but this week is going … More Frog Hollow – 22nd October 2018

So our day was comprised of a short Aussie Sunday drive of 500k. No embellishment involved in this number!! Our final destination is the Aboriginal Community of Frog Hollow. We have made a bit of an error by referring to the communities as reservations so just wanted to correct that. We are in The Kimberly … More Kununurra to Frog Hollow – 21st October 2018

OK, now to complete the rest of our day but before we do we wanted to show you a very unique Australian institution. We took this photo whilst walking home from the chippy last night. Yeap, it is indeed a Drive Through Bottlo (Bottle Shop). Wait till we get to New Zealand and show you … More Melbourne to Kununurra – 20th October 2018