Morning Came the 40th Day

 ...early.  6am bus, Broome to Kununurra, 1124kms as we detoured to Derby for a freight drop. Travelling with Greyhound now.- veeeeery comfortable seats. Derby was much smaller than I imagined..a big wide main street with Boab trees down the centre.

I can't quite get what attracts peoples there, more investigation needed; maybe it's fishing. Contrasting was the beauty of this Boab with the ever present security bars and screens.

Spot Luke! From there we were on floodplains- sometimes the bus gets stopped here. Our first stop was Fitzroy Crossing, the river more a surprise than the town.

We passed some famous  turnoffs, Quamby Downs, Mary River, Jubilee Downs, Louisa Downs, Margaret River, all in a varying, stunning landscape.

Through the Mueller Ranges and onto our next and final stop at Halls Creek. I found it pretty confronting. Lots of graffiti, the swimming pool closed and the Tourist Info Centre almost barricaded.

 

As we moved on we were hoping for  a stunning sunset but it was over pretty quickly and dark as we passed through Ord River, Warmun (Turkey Ck) and Durack, all small settlements. One altercation with an errant cow.

It was interesting the freight role of Greyhound...checking station mail boxes and making drops. We arrived in Kununurra at 9pm. And found "The Muster", a 9 day festival, in full swing. Tried for a taxi but local young woman offered us a lift, "you won't get a taxi in K".  Grateful, but this complicated things as our motel is 2.8km from the centre and their bistro and bar not operating. TV had "no signal". Put the blankets over our head and went to sleep. So ended the 40th day. Tomorrow we'll see what daylight brings .