What a delightful little town. Built in the early 1960s when the Ord River was dammed so everything is well laid out and not too old. The first photo shows the town from the lookout and the other two photos were taken at a fantastic restaurant we found on the river. Called the Pumphouse, it housed the pumps that pumped the irrigation water from the river. Apparently it has taken 11 years for the owner to get council approval to convert it into the current restaurant. As the photo shows, the interior features the pumps and they have put a small balcony on the outside for seating as well. Wonderful to find a place with so much character in such a small town. More supermarket shopping here along with the fruit and veges as we head off down the Gibb River Road into the heart of the Kimberley. The Gibb River Road is 680 kms long and stretches basically from Kununurra to Derby across the top of Western Australia. It is a dirt road and its condition depends on when it has been graded and how much traffic has driver on it. It's dusty and corrugated with a few river crossings, cattle, kangaroos, no mobile phone coverage but very wild and beautiful and only suitable for high-clearance 4WD vehicles so at least at the moment there are few caravans and buses.
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