Old Wyndham

We drove to Wyndham for the day – Tim nostalgic about when he used to arrive in port when working as a merchant seaman, and Nic following in the footsteps of great-grandparents who met and lived there.

We travelled via the old inland road which skirted the Ord River for a while then cut across country via an old signal station site on a hill and a RAMSAR listed wetland Parrys Creek Lagoon with a vast armada of very vocal whistling ducks. The presence of water in such an arid landscape (at this time of year) always provides a striking contrast.



The old port town of Wyndham (separate to the contemporary town a bit inland) has definitely seen better days – actually it looks like it is on its very last legs. Which meant lots of great old buildings about to fall apart.