Day 186 for the Lloydsontour.

The following Compilation of photos and information covers our trip from Derby to Kunnunurra.

Students from 5/6W at Figtree P.S fire a few questions to the Lloyd boys.

What are the top five places you have visited so far?- Chloe

Answer: Jackson says. 

1.Hollybank Treetop Adventures (google search this, it’s really cool)

2.Kalbarri Fishing Charter, caught 2 awesome fish.

3.Adelaide.

4.Tarkine Rainforest slide and Mountain Bike track.

5.Bruny Island Boat tour.

Harry says:

1. Bendigo, my birthday was here.
2. Port Arthur.
3. Broome - Camel rides and fishing and Cable Beach.
4. Bruny Island.
5. Cape Leveque.

Hi I'm James I'm a new boy I play soccer. What do you do for P.E.?

Boogie Boarding, Body surfing, fishing, beach cricket, mountain bike riding, running, hiking the gorges ( lots of this), swimming, rope swings, soccer, snorkeling, setting up the van.

Can you write down some words to describe the Aboriginal Art Centre ? Bailey

The smell of fresh paint, expensive, creative, cultural, colourful, musical(didgeridoo), a place of gathering, many aboriginal children, wandering dogs.

OOps Mr Lloyd Scripture is starting so we will send some more questions over the Semester

Enjoy 5/6W

Where are you off to next? Makayla

We are heading to the ORD River today and we plan to take out a boat and have a BBQ and fish for Barramundi.

What is the average temperature there as it is about 15 degrees here and extremely wet ? Ethan

We are on a constant 30 degrees each day and at night we go down to about 15 degrees.

If it is 10:30 am here what is the time where you are? Jack.Clark

The time would be 8.20 am. We are 2 hours behind you guys.

We move into the Northern Territory in a few days and we will only be 30 minutes behind Eastern time.

Have you tasted any aboriginal bush tucker? If so, what was it and how did it taste? Jarrod.

We have had a large number of mudcrabs which are our favourite food at present. We also ate some sweet nectar from a plant which had a flower shaped like a hummingbird, ( no idea what the plant is called)but it was a sweet treat after a hot day in the dunes.

Thanks for the interesting questions.

The Bungle Bungle Ranges

The Bungle Bungle range in the World Heritage Listed Purnululu National Park is one of Western Australia's most fascinating landmarks and the ultimate place for outback adventure. 

Here you camp out under the stars, four wheel drive across rugged terrain and hike through gorges millions of years old. 

The area in the East Kimberley region also has great Indigenous cultural significance which dates back 20,000 years.

From the air, the Bungle Bungle range is an awesome site, rising 300 metres out of the plain. The orange and black stripes of these massive sandstone structures are breathtaking best seen from above in a scenic flight. As you sweep over the range, a hidden world of gorges and pools is revealed with fan palms clinging to walls and crevices in the rocks.

The park covers nearly 240,000 hectares. Despite being made of soft sandstone the range has survived for more than 350 million years. 

Harry Lloyd drives the 53 kilometres into the Bungle Bungle Ranges, he did an awesome job. Some of the passerby's were a little worried , especially when he kept picking up the phone.

A helicopter ride is on the cards.

We have been booked on the Longrange chopper.

The winds from the Tanami desert and the large volumes of water have helped to erode this wonderful and unique landscape.

A few photographs to try and give the idea of how enormous this land is!!!!!

The layers of stripes are caused by a blue-green algae ( the dark stripes)

Notice the blade growing out of dad's head, he's in a real spin.

We set off for the Cathederal Gorge.

 Cathederal Gorge is the base of a waterfall that has undercut the rock to create a natural ampitheatre.

Whilst in Cathederal Gorge, Jackson reminded us how funny it would be to do a fart in such a quiet place, in front of many quiet tourists, luckily for us he kept his rumblings under lock and key.

Another gentleman had a similar idea, to make a bit of noise that is , thankfully he was an extremely good harmonica player and played a very subtle tune that highlighted the serenity & peace we were experiencing within this harsh land.

Echidna Chasm, this feature is 52 kilometres from Cathederal Gorge, along dusty and corrugated roads.

The car has well and truly copped a flogging.

 The walls of the Chasm reminded me of a chocolate bar with loads of chocolate chips protruding.

Rock falls occur quite a bit, luckily the skinny cavity stops them from getting to the bottom, in a hurry anyway

Our van site for the night, outside the Bungle Bungles, when I say outside, that is 53 kilometres out.

Check out the grassed site.

Toilets and Showers.

   The Caravan Park Office

Our neighbour shows us a nugget he has found whilst prospecting, this little buddy is worth $32,000.

Wyndham Caravan Park was our next camp spot, we needed to power up the van as we had completed a few days of free camping.

Fuzzy , the donkey ruled the park, he would call into each campsite for a bit of food each morning.

This whole wharf will be lying on the ground when the tide has gone out, the very end will be some 9.5 metres down.

This 5.5 metre salty has been stalking a few local fisherman for the last few days, thankfully he kept his distance.

The Five Rivers lookout.

A small waterhole 

Wyndham was quite interesting, the community was a large mix of Indigenous families.