As there was not a lot to do at Home Valley, we decided to go on to Parry’s Lagoon, between Kununurra and Wyndham. We had visited this spot on the way up, and thought it would be a great place to camp, with so many birds there.
The scenery was wonderful because the road follows the Cockburn Ranges all the way.
We crossed the Pentecost River which is the deepest crossing to go through, but was no problem. (I closed my eyes so missed seeing it, unfortunately!)
This last section of the Gibb River Road was probably the worst – very corrugated and sharp stones, but with some sections bituminised. We were certainly glad to finally hit the highway to Wyndham!
But the corrugations had taken their toll – the nuts on the tyre we had changed, had worked loose, even though they had been tightened as much as possible.
Rob S heard a noise when we slowed to turn into the Parry’s turn-off; we stopped and had a look, and found one wheel nut nearly off and others on that wheel also loose – talk about lucky! It could have come off!
Parry’s green lawns and good facilities were very welcome, but as we put a tent peg into the awning prop, we pierced a water pipe! This was eventually fixed ok, and the two Robs went off to bird watch and I went to have a shower and some time to catch up on preparing photos and writing ready for the blog – internet access has been unavailable since Broome.
Addition dictated by RMS.
Beautiful camp site – no-one there..very surprising considering how beautiful it was. We decided to set up camp and put a peg straight through a water pipe! The owner, being a laconic sort of fellow, said “There are pipes all over the b... place, here!. “
Rob and I went straight to the bird hide on the lagoon. I got 19 birds I had never seen before! More Jesus birds than have ever been near Rome! Very excited with confirmation of a Black Falcon sighting.
We donned the dinner jacket – well, clean clothes, had a shower and had a beautiful fish and chips dinner in the restaurant. Next morning, at the crack of dawn, RMS and RJG went out to the bird hide again. Saw a few more new ones. On the way back, the ubiquitous Bustard appeared again – definitely the star of the holiday!
Came back and picked up a couple of Brolgas that we hadn’t seen before.
Barking Owls - heard all night.
Lots of little brown frogs in the toilets.
Total list for Parry’s: over 50 birds – not bad for about 2 hours birding!
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