Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms Bike trip From Kununurra to Broome in 2015

Day nine – Rode into Manning gorge – very nice.

Day ten stayed in Manning Gorge swimming and had a rest day.

Day eleven – rode 70km to a dry cattle yard. Unfortunately the trailer broke so it was taken to a fix it place – luckily it broke right next to the only fix it place for over 400km’s. Everyone decided to try ride down to nicer spot but someone should wait for the car to tell him we are further than he expects. As I was in a bright orange I volunteered thinking how long can it take to weld a new hinge on the back of a trailer. Anyway everyone else found a very pretty little river a few km’s down the road, they went for a swim and then found out that across the road was an aboriginal settlement with a pub so went in for a drink. Fixing the car took for ever, it got dark at 5:00pm and the car didn’t’ run up until 6:30pm. It was about as high above sea level as the Kimberly’s gets and once it got dark for once in the trip it got very very cold. The car got to within 100 metres of me and then thought he must have gone too far so turned around. We finally got dinner rather late and went to bed, in the morning I went for a look around and it was a very pretty stream, I went into the bush to do a Number two just as everyone else quickly rode off and stopped just up the road, what they forgot to tell me is not only did they find a pub in the bush – it has toilets that open very early.

Day twelve - Winijana Gorge, another 70km ride to a Gorge with a reputation for good swimming, however when we got there we found it was much swallower than usual and we counted 57 crocs in it. Even though they are Fresh water ones that are not as aggressive as the big salties theses ones were about 2 to 3 metres long and none of us went in.





Day twelve – half of us got into the car and drove to Tunnel Creek it was only 35km away but would have made a 70km round trip on a very sandy and corrugated road. Tunnel Creek is about 750 metres long underground and dark for most of it.



Day thirteen – bush walk at Winjana gorge while the others go to Tunnel Creek.

Day fourteen – rode 80km and camped on the side of the road – however this was nicer than places like Gregory’s jump up as there were some shade.

Day fifteen – rode another 80km or so into Derby and had a look around. Went out to the Wharf to see the biggest tide change in Australia.



Day sixteen – 5 of us rode 116km to be half way between Derby and Broome. The car took 6 to Broome with their luggage and bike and had our tents etc. so dropped it off where we stopped. This was a long day but was all tar so quicker. Lots of Road trains so I spent a lot of time riding in the dirt on the side anyway.

Day seventeen – The car returns from Broome to pick up our stuff at 6:30am and continues to Derby to pick up the others. By having 5 of us ride it meant the car didn’t have to do three trips between Broome and Derby. That night I see the Staircase to the Moon – only occurs at a low tide with a rising full moon – happens most months for a day or two.





I spent 3 days riding around Broome seeing the dinosaur foot prints (also can only see about once a month when the tides are very low), having Chocolate milkshakes in real metal tin cups like back in the 70’s, Mango drinks etc. and basically enjoying myself with a few of the other riders.