Wyndham to Limestone rest area

Victoria River - Old River Crossing

20th June 2012

14535 km's to date 552km's today

Today is the day we realised how lucky we were to be on our way home and not at the beginning of our travels. We stopped in Kununurra to visit Coles again (this would be our third time during our entire trip) and Chris needed to pick up his Valvoline Super Diesel Engine Oil that he ordered during our last visit to Kununurra. The Pajero was about five hundred kilometres overdue for a service. Kununurra was packed. So incredibly busy with hundreds of tourists. Every caravan park was full and the overflow (Kununurra Showgrounds) was almost at capacity. It was now definitely peak tourist season. When we stayed in Kununurra back in early April, there were about five campers in the whole caravan park. Our first stop in Kununurra was the car wash, which to our dismay, was out of order. We were really looking forward to getting the car clean knowing that we wouldn't be travelling on any more dirt roads.

Victoria River

We borrowed the hose at the Coles petrol Station and gave the Pajero and Camper a quick wash down. This was better than nothing and at the least would stop us getting covered in the fine Kimberley dust that coated the back door. Chris discovered his engine oil hadn't arrived and was reluctant to mix different brands of oils, but it had to be done. He was more uncomfortable about the Pajero not getting a service than mixing engine oils. Before we knew it, we were back in the Northern Territory and setting our clocks forward an hour and a half. There are so many caravans on the road now. It is kind of annoying having to overtake them all the time. We did a bit of a survey on the types of cars other people are towing with. We were quite surprised at the variety, although the Nissan Patrol won, it wasn't by much.

Our rig getting a wash in the Victoria River

On the western side of Timber Creek, there is a little dirt road that takes you down to the old Victoria River crossing. It was here that we took the opportunity to wash the Pajero and camper. We drove into the water and parked up, and went to work with our sponges and brushes. The water ran red from all the Kimberley dust for a little bit. We stopped in Timber Creek for a break and some fuel and encountered some disgruntled tourists who where unable to get into either of the two caravan parks there. Timber Creek is a fairly small place and we begun to worry slightly about wether we would have any trouble getting into camping spots during our trip home.

The Pajero getting it's long awaited service

There is a time in the afternoon where you start to notice fewer carvans on the road and each roadside free camp you drive past is just about chockers. You realise even though you know you want to push on, you better pull over soon or you may not have anywhere to camp. We stopped for the night in the last decent available space at Limestone Rest Area. Plenty of others pulled in after us and ended up being pretty much ontop of the neighbours. Within minutes of being set up, Chris was under the Pajero draining the oil.

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