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Considering the Kimberley in 2022?
The signs are all there that the Kimberley will be hopping next season, so if it’s been on your list, you may want to start planning now. If you are an adventurous soul who loves remote places with spectacular landscapes, while still appreciating a good feed, a shower at the end of the day, and…
Continue ReadingAn update on our 2021 Station Based Horse Riding Holidays
We are excited to be offering six week long sessions of our station based horse riding holidays this coming season! You’re in luck because there are still a few spaces available. If you are a rider keen to explore the Kimberley on horseback, we have a saddle waiting for you. For those of you who…
Continue ReadingSpread Your Wings In The Kimberley This Winter
On The Verandah, Kimberley creative adventures run by Rachel Dillon and Andrew Kikeros, is offering an untutored Artist Retreat here at Digger’s Rest Station! This untutored retreat for artists, writers, photographers, birders, and any creative soul, runs July 23 to July 29, 2020. The retreat features hand-picked experiences, tourist-free locations and uninterrupted time to spend…
Continue ReadingA Reading List for the Kimberley Bound
If you are thinking of heading to the Kimberley, you may be interested in checking out some of these books. The list includes travel writing, regional history, biographies, and one fiction. We’ve added a few to our list of our favourites: The Boab Tree by Pat Lowe, a beautiful book about the science, history and…
Continue ReadingIt’s barra time!
Our friends Rachel and Andrew have been feasting on barramundi this past week, while Roderick and I had a pre-season break up in Darwin for a few days. We came home last night to a beautiful barramundi curry, compliments of Rachel and a barramundi that Andrew caught a few days ago. The barra in this…
Continue ReadingThe Kimberley is for bird lovers!
We have the good fortune of living in a part of the world where birds abound, so bird watching is a part of life here. I am no ornithological expert but I do love waking to bird calls, observing them through out the day, and being entertained by their antics. These photos have been taken…
Continue ReadingPelicans!
We have come across pelicans in the hundreds out this way. They seem to be enjoying their tucker, and there must be plenty of it! It’s such an amazing sight to see a sky full of these regal birds.
Continue ReadingBirds around Diggers
The birds have been loving the warm weather, and though it is starting to “cool” off a bit, we still have quite a variety just around the homestead. The blue-faced honeyeaters, double bar finches, happy jacks, aka silver crowned bablers, bower birds and of course the ever present little blue corellas have all made themselves…
Continue ReadingOut and about in Wyndham
If you are heading to the East Kimberley, and Digger’s Rest Station, a visit to our closest town is well worth your time. Wyndham is a sleepy little town with loads of history and some spectacular views. From Five Rivers Lookout you can take in the expanse of the Cambridge Gulf and it’s sprawling tidal…
Continue ReadingWyndham Races 2010
The big social event for us here at Digger’s Rest Station every year is the Wyndham Races. Roderick is the starter, Big Al is Clerk of Scales, and Alida is Clerk of Course. It’s our big day out! Here’s a few photos from the two race weekends on the mudflats of Wyndham. It doesn’t get…
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