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During the wet season, from November to March, temperatures can reach 100 degrees. April through October is the cooler dry season.
Qantas and V Australia (starting in 2009) fly nonstop from Los Angeles to Sydney. Qantas and Virgin Blue fly from Sydney to Darwin. Airnorth flies from Darwin to Kununurra. In Kununurra, Budget (61-8/9168-2033; budget.com.au) rents four-wheel-drive vehicles.
Rock-art tours and extended camping expeditions with Gidja guides to the remote Mitchell Plateau, in North Kimberley. 61-8/9161-1145; wundargoodie.com.au; from $275 per person per day.
Swim Creek Station, N. Territory; 61-2/9571-6399; bamurruplains.com; doubles from $1,370.
Tent cabins, en-suite baths, and an open-air dining room. Closed during the wet season. Bellburn Creek, Purnululu National Park, W. Australia; 61-8/9168-7051 or 61-3/9277-8444; kimberleywilderness.com.au; doubles from $340.
Great Value Gibb River Rd., East Kimberley, W. Australia; 61-8/9161-4322; homevalley.com.au; doubles from $155.
Great Value Recently updated hotel in a gateway town to the East Kimberley outback. 20 Victoria Hwy., Kununurra, W. Australia; 61-8/9166-5600; thekimberleygrande.com.au; doubles from $160.
Modern gallery representing top Western Australia artists, including Peggy Patrick and Phyllis Thomas. Wedge Dr., Wyndham, W. Australia; 61-8/9161-1500; jirrawunarts.com.
Studio with work by Mignonette Carlton and Daisy Bitting. 16 Speargrass Rd., Kununurra, W. Australia; 61-8/9168-2212; waringarriarts.com.au.
Tourism Australia (310/695-3200; www.australia.com)
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