Kununurra

We have had a great few days here. Weather has got progessively warmer - today was 34C - beautiful. Apartment is very comfy and its nice to have a sofa to sit on.
On Saturday went on a scenic flight to the Bungle Bungles, we got a good look at the Ord Diversion Dam, irrigated cropfields, the Ord River and the huge Lake Argyle (largest inland sea in the world) on the way. We had a bit of a bonus as our flight was dropping 2 passengers off at the Bungles and picking up another 2 there and dropping them off at Emma Gorge to go to El Questro so we got 2 extra takeoffs and landings - both on gravel airstrips but very smooth. On the way back we had a good look at the Argyle Diamond Mine, Carr Boyd Ranges, Durack Ranges and the Gibb River Road.
On Sunday we went on a cruise down the Ord River. We were picked up from our apartment by a bus and driven to Lake Argyle, some 70K away. There we got to look at the re-located Durack Homestead ( it was originally situated where Lake Argyle flooded). Then on to the boat for the 55K trip down the Ord River back to Kununurra. This was a fantastic cruise. The boat went very fast - it was exhilarating. But the skipper stopped in lots of spots to highlight different points of interest - we saw rock wallabies, fruit bats, sea eagles, an azure kingfisher and quite a lot of freshwater crocodiles. The scenery along the way was beautiful - mountains and cliffs on both sides with lots of lush vegetation. As we neared Kununurra we stopped again just before sunset and the skipper pointed out a huge bat colony hanging from trees over the river - the estimated population of these bats is between 800,000 and 2 million!!!!
We have been for some walks across the road at Lily Creek Lagoon and doing a bit of bird watching. We have seen crimson finches and rainbow bee eaters and other different birds that we don't know the names of.
Off to Katherine in NT tomorrow - one and a half hour time difference!