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e  spent  this  day  in            e started the day with a cruise  homestead that is now a museum,
         WKununurra. a vibrant town wfrom Lake Kununurra down                  we visited the Hoochery, the State’s
         at the centre of the fertile Ord River  the spectacular Ord River.    only licensed distillery where rum
         Irrigation  Scheme  which  ships       ext  we  drove  to  the  rebuilt  is produced from local sugar.  We
         huge volumes of fruit and fresh    Nhomestead of the Durack family    then  made  our  way  to  Ivanhoe
         produce to Australian and overseas  – Argyle Downs. After a visit to the  Crossing,  the  original  crossing
         markets.                                                              across the Ord River.





                                                                                 Weir on the Ord River








































































                       Double-bar finch                                     Masked Finch
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