Phil and Denise's Travels

This will be our first day in the Northern Territory and after leaving Kununurra, it’s only 40 K’s to the border and first thing we have to do is move our clocks/watches forward an hour and a half as we move into Australian Central Standard Time.

Our objective today is Timber Creek which is only 230 K’s from Kununurra, but because of the border crossing, we have lost 90 minutes so it means we are very late having lunch!

We spotted a couple of places that look worthwhile exploring on the way into Timber Creek, so will have a look around once we get settled. The caravan park behind the roadhouse is very shady and it a bit cooler than it was in Kununurra, but the air conditioner is still put to work none the less. There is a small creek that runs behind the caravan park and staff feed the freshwater crocodiles off a small suspension bridge. Freshwater crocs may not be as aggressive as the salties but they fly out of the water when there’s food around.

We try our hand at fishing for Barramundi, but unfortunately are in the wrong place at the wrong time. When we went to the local pub one evening we had the privilege of meeting our first cane toad. Timber Creek is only 190 K’s east of the WA border so hopefully the cane toad scourge can be kept out of Western Australia - only time will tell.