At Vic River, we met a solo bike rider doing Round Oz on Hwy1, raising money for Cystic Fibrosis. He started in Sydney, and will be half way (4 months) when he gets to Broome. He is emulating someone who did this ride in 1902, and his bike has no gears!!!! His schedule is determined by where he can get a meal, as he has no support vehicle, and camps out every night. He does about 100km a day, he said, but he knew his next leg would be tough, because from Timber Creek to Kununurra, there's not a single thing, he feared. Today we saw that he was right. This note is especially for Alex.
After a good but cool night at Vic River, we set out for WA. Got spooked when tried to book at 3 campsites in Kununurra, and they were all full, so we then decided to go to Keep River NP, and then changed our mind and went for Wyndham WA where we easily found a quiet and spacious and pleasant powered site. We saw the sites at Kununurra, on the way through, and they were just too crowded anyway, so we're glad to have missed them. Tonight we had excellent Barramundi & chips, cooked by the campground owner.
The border crossing was uneventful. The quarantine guard was impressed that we actually knew the rules, and our search was very friendly and superficial.
Kununurra itself was depressing just like Katherine. Wyndham is also a very tired old town, but with a spectacular lookout, showing 5 rivers and how much tide flows here.
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