Kimberley Feedback

Matt & Caz H

I know quite alot about wyndham, done many trips up there, i was just amazed there was nothing at all about wyndham in the "description" about the kimberleys.

It seems to be all about Kununurra stealing all the tourism thunder and they dont actually have much there at all, just more shops thats about it.

Regards

It gets a mention in the "Places" section. If you know the town you could add your info there.

Cheers,

Val

theres only a quite sizable national park with a fair bit to see right on the outskirts of kunnunurra as well as a huge lake to go swimming in as well as kyaking towards lake argyle. not to mention the dam and the crossing etc etc
perhaps try dragging yourself away from the shops there and youl see a bit

get outmore

We have been here since July Been there done that, we are ON the lake.
No one mentioned having spent 5mths in the shops.............

sorry that was more directed at Tukka claiming nothing at Kunnunurra except shops.

I was wondering how he came to that conclusion I found more than enough intesting stuff within 5km of the town - certainly more than most towns

Howdy

Your not wrong about the Wyndham pies.

They used to be famous. When visiting in Broome you even hear the locals there talking about them

cheers

Easy tiger. No crime in Wyndham i think you mean Kununurra. Wyndham boasts the best barra fishing in the world, the best mud crabs and the biggest crocodiles. Also more history then Kununurra. World famous Bird watching, world famous Lookout and Hangliding venue. so much to see and do there i love it how visitors knock it cause then we who are in the know get to enjoy it to ourselves. Where else can you safely swim with salties while barra swim around ya? If its fishing or camping your after its the mecca of Northern Australia. Except people just tend to relate everything around the joint to kununurra, the Gibb Road is always just out of Kununurra yet its closer to Wyndham and is part of Wyndham history. The movie Australia was actually filmed closer to Wyndham then Kununurra, yet they claim that. But nothing is ever mentioned of the crime rate in Kununurra. Or the fact that it falls in the shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley(they dont like that).

Kroozer,
no, I do mean Wyndham, have also been to Kununurra a few times too.

All these things you suggest Wyndham "boasts" are not actually there in the town itself, but they are in the surrounding areas, which is part of the vast Kimberley experience.

Maîneÿ . . .

Sounds like when you travel you dont travel to look around, just to say that you have done it. You dont see much through rear mirrors

Mainey, i lived for 23 years in Wyndham. Never ever locked my car at night or when at the shops, never locked the house when at work or down the street, never had a problem in 23 years. Dont know where your information comes from. As a kid never had any trouble out at night, try that in any of the other Kimberley towns and i know which town will come out best.

And as for what the town boasts, you can spot crocs and catch crabs and barra 50 metres from the Pub mate, how much closer to town can ya get. (For that matter even from the Community Club)All the history is in the Port area, its actually all Heritage listed, the Bastion(5 Rivers Lookout) couldnt get any closer to town i would think, nestled between town and the port and over looking both.

As Tukker said, Kununurra claims places that have to be reached by airplane, can see these places from any Kimberley town by airplane. And if you have ever been by boat into Wyndham you will never ever forget the scenery and rugged landscape. Absolutley out of this world. Every skipper that brings his vessel in to the port is absolutely amazed at the scenery. Sit and watch waterfalls in the wet from ya verandah, falling from the Cockburn ranges and adjacent to the Bastion.

Crime isnt a problem in Wyndham, i bet its safer for kids to walk the street there at night then were you live. The only time there is crime in Wyndham is when the neighbouring communities come in for a funeral or royalties. And they are not locals.

"The only time there is crime in Wyndham is when the neighbouring communities come in for a funeral or royalties. And they are not locals"

I can only assume *these same people* also come into town each dole day, which happens each fortnight, same as it happens in Broome too.

If they are "locals", or from the local communities is not relevant, they were in your town when I saw them.

Why can't I state an opinion here without it being said it's wrong, after all it's my opinion, not everyones but it is mine.

The only time I've ever had anything stolen from my vehicle was in Darwin, but I don't think badly of Darwin :)

At home here in Busselton (WA) I leave the boat out the front, has the anchor and motor still attached each morning - so far :)

Maîneÿ . . .

Mainey, This is only my opinion, but I love Broome and would and have walked around town late at night without a problem. Busselton is deserted during winter and has every man and his dog there in summer. The place does nothing for me.
You obviously like it and fair enough, but don't drop the boot into other towns at every opportunity just because you don't like them.


Mark

Mark, I can respect your opinion, I'm one of the dogs that get up that way in winter.
I do it cause I like the warmer weather, but I don't stay in Broome too long as the place does nothing for me.

Maîneÿ . . .

Yeah has definitely died in the ass, all government agencies were moved over to Kununurra. Trying to shut down the hospital and High School also. But if Kununurra wants to keep going it wont survive without the Wyndham Port. Set for a huge boost too soon with the opening of a new Iron Ore mine and with the return of the Coppernicus mine, plus Ord stage 2. None of that can happen without Wyndham, never mind being the backbone for livestock export around the North Kimberley and East Territory.

Doesnt matter though, take the good times with the bad times. One thing is for sure she gets bloody hot in the build up there.

"It had the best fish and chips in the world -$7 for a big piece of barra and chips"
Bob, is that the *shop* by the river, with the crocodiles hiding in the mangroves below the timber fence ??
Something else I did not see in my mirrors ha ha

Maîneÿ . .

It aint a river, Cambridge Gulf we call it.

And im not to sure of which shop had the timber fence?
Definitely not the Port Takeaway though.

i know you can see that stuff in places, but when you go to "the description of the kimberley" wyndham doesnt get a mention

Where or what is this "the description of the kimberley" you refer to?

Is it something to do with Exploreoz.com.au.