Wyndham
What is the furthest point one can travel from home without leaving Australia? I’ll give you a hint – it is a town named after the son of Lord and Lady Broome!
Well, we probably COULD get further away from home and still stay on mainland, but that would require a 4WD, and we don’t have one – although we have done our best with the vehicle we have!
Wyndham is the beginning of the massive tidal shifts which mark the coast this far north, varying over 9 metres! We were tempted to fish off the pontoon in Wyndham, but demurred when informed that there was a local resident who trawled the water in this region. Having already seen enough crocs on the trip, we preferred to drown our lures in the lagoon at Parry Creek, which proved to be successful! We enjoyed the first barra meal of the trip. Nice tucker!
However, with a name like Wyndham, I’d have asked my folks to name a town that is quite a distance away from me so that the locals can’t repay me for lending them such a moniker.
Well, we probably COULD get further away from home and still stay on mainland, but that would require a 4WD, and we don’t have one – although we have done our best with the vehicle we have!
Wyndham is the beginning of the massive tidal shifts which mark the coast this far north, varying over 9 metres! We were tempted to fish off the pontoon in Wyndham, but demurred when informed that there was a local resident who trawled the water in this region. Having already seen enough crocs on the trip, we preferred to drown our lures in the lagoon at Parry Creek, which proved to be successful! We enjoyed the first barra meal of the trip. Nice tucker!
However, with a name like Wyndham, I’d have asked my folks to name a town that is quite a distance away from me so that the locals can’t repay me for lending them such a moniker.
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