Before that, I had never even heard of this place, the northwesternmost part of the Australian continent, thousands of kilometers away from Sydney, one was an exquisite human city, and the other was a wild and primitive world.
The plane put us behind Wyndham and turned around. I feel like I'm on another planet – sandstone cliffs, vast grasslands and majestic mountains, one of the most pristine regions of Western Australia.
Of course, if you've seen the movie "Australia", this scene should not be unfamiliar: in the film, the heroine Sarah, played by Nicole Kidman, arrives in Australia and is in a panic, so she gets into a broken car driven by Dorov, through canyons, waterfalls, sandstone cliffs and mountains, to the pastures owned by her husband in Australia. Although the road is arduous, the scenery along the way is magnificent and stunning, the mountains and rivers are magnificent, and there are cute kangaroos along the way.
The distant pasture where Sarah lives in the film was built temporarily in Kununurra. We were on our way to Kununnara at the moment, enjoying the same journey as Nicole Kidman, except that our buggy was much stronger than her broken car.
Kununurra, which means "big water" in indigenous parlance, is an artificial lake with a huge area that cannot be seen at a glance, like a forgotten corner of the world. However, the giant baobab tree, all kinds of birds, animals, is a familiar scene.
True North was quietly moored in the lake, waiting for us to go on a long voyage.
It is 5 p.m. on board, the distant mountains are quietly waiting for the sunset, the black mountains are mixed with red sandstone, more than 20 million years of erosion, the summit has become a cone-shaped spire, the lake is quiet without a ripple, everything seems so unreal.
The welcome cocktail party on deck was in full swing, the scenery throughout the day exciteed everyone, the effect of alcohol was just right, and the empty lake was full of languages.
The captain saw our oriental faces, a brief glance of surprise on his face, and immediately put us in the spotlight with a warm embrace. We don't know why we chose to start our cruise in a place we've never heard of, but I think if you've seen those pictures, you'll think the same way.
The second day's itinerary was much calmer than the first day, with True North slowly following the coastline with rugged mountains and steep coasts, truly one of the few remaining true wildernesses in the world. At night, True North anchors at the mouth of the King George River.
Early in the morning, the great surge came and True North crossed the sandbank into the King George River, a river named after the legendary King George, an Indigenous Australian legend. King George Falls is like a "crown jewel", shining in the unknown wilderness. True North dropped anchor and we flew up twin falls. Red rocks, rushing rivers, two waterfalls, rainforests, the scenery is too wonderful to be breathtaking. Lunch was on top of the rock, it was such a wild picnic, the oysters were freshly caught, and I can guarantee that I had never eaten such a delicious oyster in my life. We gave the whole day to King George Falls, and when the captain said he was leaving, there was unanimous protest from everyone. But protest is protest, leaving is necessary, and the emotion of reluctance is obvious.
Bradshaws is probably the oldest known petroglyph in the world, with circles, spirals, combs, labyrinth images and conceptualized figures on rocks that are records of the heroes, beliefs, conceptions of life and death or everyday life of Aboriginal Australians.
There's the famous Barra Crocodile in the Mitchell River, and if you don't want to see this scary monster, take a helicopter ride to see Mitchell Falls, as you did yesterday. Four consecutive waterfalls, the water cascades down the cascading mountains and falls into the deep pool.
Catch black-lipped oysters, just lemons, and if you're lucky, you'll see whales swimming around the cruise ship.
Bloom is the center of the world's pearl industry, we personally caught a lot of river mussels, on the deck there is the sea breeze, champagne, pearl dinner tastes unique.
Picnic on the beach, a full moon rises, and the flowing moonlight sprinkles on the beach where the tides are rising and falling, and it is silver.
Our end point is the Hunter River, a tropical rainforest, quiet and calm, like a paradise, countless water birds, crocodiles, even if the large cruise ships enter, it seems to be a breeze blowing, and can not leave any traces, as if no one has ever come to this primeval jungle.
* Go this way
Start your journey from Brome or Wyndham, Western Australia, and these cities can be reached by Qantas or Virgin Airlines.
* Best experience
Ride a camel on Cable Beach in Bloom at sunset; overlook the towering mountains of the Banguru Banguru Mountains in the air; take a boat ride around the vast Lake Argyll; watch the tides higher than the building in the Pirate Islands; drive a 4wd buggy down the Gibb Road, passing canyons and tidal rivers; and travel along the red dirt road from Broome to experience aboriginal life on the remote Danbil Peninsula.
* Customized routes
True North's "Kimberley Wilderness" has a choice of 6 to 13 night maneuvers.
*Must try
Food and wine are an important part of True North. Wines from Western Australia's famous Margaret River wine region, freshly caught barramundi, fresh oysters, Australian BBQ, local prawns, squid, pearl meat, smoked salmon are all unforgettable.