Kununurra Rodeo

18-Jun-2007

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Kununurra Rodeo

Monday - 1st August

Tour of Kununurra environs this morning, first stop was Kelly's Knob for a panoramic view of the rugged escarpments and the green patchwork of farms then off through the sugar cane plantations to "The Hoochery" to sample the local rum.  Bought a bottle of the 40% stuff just in case of snake bite.  Next stop was "The Melon Farm" where we bought some baobab roots.  They're like water chestnuts, very crunchy.  Crossed the Ord River at Ivanhoe Crossing, pretty long water crossing, fast flowing but not too deep and went out to Black Rock Falls.  On the way we tried to knock nuts of the Baobab trees but without any luck.  Falls weren't running but location was pretty interesting with swarms of butterflies around the pool at the bottom.  Lunch was at the BurraBurra farm where Jude pigged out on a banana split and I had a local delicacy, a hot dog.  After lunch we went to a rock shop that does beautiful things with the local patterned rocks.  We bought some "raw" rocks that we can polish ourselves.   Should provide hours of entertainment for us in our dotage.  Highlight of the afternoon was the rodeo, a little out of town.  Bull-riding and buck jumping on some fairly aggressive animals, one of the Brahma Bulls charged the spectators a couple of times.  Lucky the fence was pretty tough.  Jude wanted me to take photos of some of the spunky cowboys, "just for the nieces" she said.

 

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