Weekend away at Home Valley Station

We are back from a fabulous weekend away! We went to Home Valley Station which is a working cattle station not far from Kununurra. We had to drive down a dirt road for most of the 1.5 hr journey, so we borrowed a friend's ute. The road was in pretty good shape until after we crossed over the Pentecost River and then it was rough. Luckily, it is only a short distance after the river crossing. The first two pics show the river crossing head on and also from the side as we drove through. It is pretty low right now but during the wet season it floods right up to where I took the first picture, and there are lots of crocs in it!

The station is a working station still, but they have turned it into a "resort" as well. It is located on the Gibb River Road which is a well traveled road in the dry season by many tourists. This was their first year and I'm sure they'll have many good years to come! The place is beautiful. It appeals to the bush-loving people as well as those who don't necessarily want to rough it. We stayed in a Grass Castle which is basically a cabin facing the Bindaloo Creek. (Two of the pictures are looking out our front sliding glass door) The cabins are really lovely inside with a king-size bed and really awesome shower. They supply bathrobes and even put a cot in the room for us! There is a really nice swimming pool and restaurant (I wish I could have taken a better picture of it..it is decked out with saddles and cattle skulls and all sorts of things) and best of all, it was pretty much dead quiet since it is the end of the tourist season. We were able to get a "local" discount on the cabin.

It was Rhys's first time in a pool and he loved it! Someone gave him a little hat which is a little too big, but worked really well anyway. I thought he looked so cute with it on! We had a really nice weekend away and also made some decisions as to what we are doing and where we are going from here...more on that later.

Rhys cooling his heels on our king-size bed

full-on laughing at Daddy

Ann Geddes moment?

He loved the pool!

Wow, it sure is bright out here!

totally exhausted after our swim

Peeping over the wall behind the bed