The Ord Valley Muster showcases the East Kimberley's Indigenous culture, pastoral heritage and spectacular landscape, but a ticket sale dive at last month's event has put the festival on shaky financial ground.
Birds of Tokyo frontman Ian Kenny has heaped praise on the East Kimberley and the remote landscape of Kununurra ahead of his headline show at tonight’s Kimberley Moon Experience.
It’s the hyper-real colours that first grab you. The East Kimberley’s red dirt - or pindan - contrasts sharply against deep-blue skies. As if that’s not enough dazzle to make you reach for the sunglasses, wet season rains have sparked wild emerald-green growth.
That’s the big picture. Zero in and the details are just as alluring: cruise the Ord River with Triple J Tours and you’ll spot long-legged jacanas (water birds) high-stepping from one lily pad to the next, and half-submerged logs that turn out to be freshies (freshwater crocodiles). Above, sea eagles wheel through the air as they look for a fish-shaped snack. At sunset, the silhouetted bulge of a boab tree inspires another snap.