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Mitchell Falls

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Planet View: S14°49.233′ E125°43.080′ Street View: S14°49.233′ E125°43.080′ There’s not a single stretch of road about which we’ve heard more horror stories than the 80 kilometers between the Kalumburu Road and Mitchell Falls.  Since leaving Kununurra we’ve heard everything ranging from it being closed to someone dying along its length!  Fortunately for us we discovered […]

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Kalumburu

Australia, Western Australia Add comments

Planet View: S14°17.752′ E126°38.644′ Street View: S14°17.752′ E126°38.644′ A few hours’ drive from Drysdale Station along some of the worst road we’ve encountered thus far brought us to the small Aboriginal community of Kalumburu.  Initially established as a mission by Spanish monks of the Catholic Church, today Kalumburu is a community run jointly by the […]

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