Fletchers Creek to Kunnunurra

Throughout the night another two campers setup , one strangely enough an older couple setup a shanti under the bridge in the mozzie zone not sure why as it wasn't going to rain and the river was all but dry , only enough to breed mozzies and strand hundreds of fish , the other was a massive yank tank with a massive trailer behind loaded to the hilt for only two people who took nearly a good half hour of driving forward then back and around trying to get sorted and revving loudly with a little yelling as can happen I know after a long day on the road.

It didn't take long to get to Turkey creek where we absolutely had to stop on the name alone for Jordan Dole and the kids with the big turkey joke still on their minds lol.

Trailer tyres fully aired and a snack all round we continued up the great northern highway where twenty minutes later we spotted and elderly gent on a touring push bike heavily laden with a flat tyre , so we turned around to offer assistance and luckily we did it looked like although he was fairly fit it was hot out here to be doing this type of travelling .

 Two of his spares were only 20 inch bmx inner tubes that would never fit his 26 inch tyres , he must have been sold the wrong ones but wasn't too fussed about it as he had ridden from cairns weeks ago and this was his first flat.

A lovely hour later after assisting with valves , water and refitting his complex inner geared hub we swapped credentials and he explained  he was German ( of course lol!) and that he wrote books on his travels which were quite popular and did tours of Europe explaining his ventures to forums over there and they were amazed at Australia's hospitality especially in the outback .

He had promised to send a book so we shall see on that but it would be interesting .

An hour and a half later we were crossing the roadworks on the diversion dam heading east across the  lower ord river which was a welcome change to previous dry and dusty conditions .

We booked into town at Kimberly land caravan park for three nights as recommended by our good travelling friends and former work colleagues geoff and Steph Bell ( top people who we talk to still regularly ) .

A good price for three nights and I was happy so we took off into town (after setting up with all shade being taken advantage of next to bow the Boab tree next door) for some fresh fruit and veggies as we needed some after crossing yet another quarantine border .

Being a Coles it was fairly reasonably priced and I'm not sure how but we spent just $20 short of $400 which would last two to three weeks we hoped , enough till Derby we hoped unless we took a job we had heard about for a few weeks care taking on a private gorge along the Gibb river road .

Home at the park we stashed the food and enjoyed lunch but the pool and kicked back for the remainder of the afternoon and watched yet another brilliant sunset