We left the van park a bit before 8am and drove the 10mins to Mirima NP, right on the edge of Kununurra. This NP is known as the mini bungle bungles, because it has the same beehive shaped domes as the real bungle bungles, just a smaller version. We did the main walk up to the lookout where we could see over the domes and also over the town. It was very hot walking, even at 9am and we were glad we didn’t leave it any later. All the kids were great troupers though and persevered (with the help of some snake lollies every now and then – and lots of water of course). We then headed straight back to the van to sit in the airconditioning for a while and get our strength back.
Michael took the kids over to the pool (which we were glad was covered). Then we had lunch and a rest. Then it was another swim. Then we went for a drive to the Diversion Dam wall just west of Kununurra. This is all part of the Ord River irrigation project, whereby they damned the mighty Ord River and created Lake Argyle to be able to have a permanent water supply for farming in the area. The diversion dam near Kununurra is the smaller dam wall. On the upstream area from the dam wall is Lake Kununurra (really just a section of the Ord River). It has a swimming area where they do croc checks and feel that the chance of saltwater crocs is minimal. We had a look around here, but didn’t have our swimmers with us, so didn’t swim.
Our last stop on the drive was at Kelly’s Knob lookout – at a hill within Kununurra. We enjoyed the views.
Then it was back to the van to prepare dinner and the usual night time routine.