6th July
- Hospitality Kimberley style
This morning Urda and Juliette had a horse ride. It was Urda’s first time on a horse and she headed out with a group for a ride for a couple of hours. Juliette was led around the paddocks close to home for about half and hour. She was beside herself with excitement as she had only ridden little ponies at fairs and corrected me every time I called this one a pony.
It was an extremely hot day (so much for the 2 days of winter) and Urda did not let go of her reins as she was scared she would fall off, hence she did not drink enough water and began to feel the effects of heat exhaustion.
We went up to the Five Rivers lookout at Wyndham to show Lizzy. It was great to see it so far into the Dry as the estuaries were much drier, and the land looked even more unforgiving. It is a shame that the tourist season misses the Wet, as that is when this whole landscape is at its most spectacular.
We called in onfriend Tim who teaches in Wyndham and his wife Stef. They are expecting their first child in December. Since she has had back surgery she is unable to deliver her baby at Kununurra as they only deliver low risk mums. She will be returning to Melbourne for the delivery as the next option here was Darwin. By this time Urda was feeling very unwell and had to lie down on their floor. We got her back to Lyn and Damian’s and tucked her in to bed. The rest of us had a big dinner cooked by Lizzy (who is great to take on holidays as she loves to cook) and settled in for a great night of good food and great company.
A little python had been spotted poking its head out from a gap in the tiles above the shower. Having a shower that night I was so nervous, constantly looking around, ready to deal with a snake that fell from the ceiling. The toilet at the farm is off the laundry and Lyn requests that a light here is left on all night so you can see any unwanted visitors. Someone had turned the light off and Damian’s niece Kim stepped on a python when she went to the toilet in the middle of the night. She did not scream as I would have but calmly went back to her room, got her camera and photographed it so she could show us in the morning. She is a braver girl than me!
