9th May
Today we spent the morning at the Ord Valley Muster markets, which run during the month of May, then doing our grocery shopping at Coles and tried a new butcher. As we were not heading home until tomorrow we used a friends freezer to freeze all our meat (it had been packed in meal sized portions) and kept the air conditioner going during the day in our cabin to keep the fruit and vegies fresh. Kununurra was absolutely bustling as we are coming to the height of the tourist season. When we saw how many cars were in town, we made sure our shopping was completed today. Already many stocks were depleted and I imagine by tomorrow there would be very little fresh fruit and vegies left. I also purchased extra produce to use as incentives for class. Miss Neisha had great success with the carrot and celery sticks. After the diabetes talk last week, I decided to pass on the lolly prizes.
Lunch we spent with our friends, Lyn and Col from Sydney and then at 4pm we headed off with our picnic tea to a paddock for the Kimberley Moonlight concert, the signature event of the festival. This began around 4pm and continued until around midnight. As the sun set, a beautiful full moon rose over Lake Kununurra. The entertainment was excellent, with the Darwin Army Band, a real surprise. They had some lead singers in long sequin dresses who belted out songs from the blues Brothers, Elvis, the Supremes and Arethra Franklin. The best act was a local WA group called Blue Shaddy, whose blues and harmonica talents had the crowd in a frenzy. As each successive act came on the music got louder, but alas after so much dancing Juliette crashed on the rug at 9.15 just as the Hoodoo Gooroos came on.
May 17th, 2009 at 12:19 am
What a beautiful picture