7th-9th July East end of the Gibb River Road
The Pentecost River with the Cockburn Range as a backdrop
- This was taken from the car as we crossed the Pentecost River
I am so far behind that if I don’t start combining days I will never catch up. Just a sign of how busy it is up here. I thought I would have all this time for rest and relaxation!!!!!
The magnificent Cockburn Range
The Gibb River Road is one of Australia’s great road trips. Around 700km of dirt that goes from near Wyndham to Derby, on the west coast. It is notorious for shredding tyres and damaging suspension. Along it though are many of the most significant delights of the Kimberley: Emma Gorge, El Questro Wilderness Park, Cockburn Ranges and the tun off to Mitchell Plateau and Kamlumbaru. The Gibb River Road is only open for about 6 months of the year as it is completely impassable for the remainder. Even though we had not had rain since February, as we crossed the Pentecost River, the water came up to the doors of our 4WD.
Mike looks over the Pentecost River and contemplates the vastness.
A good cappuccino is hard to come by in the Kimberley. Home Valley Station gets the gong for the best ones.Pigeon Hole lookout. Magnificent folded rocksMike contemplates the great untamed wilderness
Having said that, those grey nomads touring Australia turn this place into a highway. The camping ground at El Questro was bursting at the seams, so much so that I wished we had stayed at the much newer and well appointed Home Valley Station.
Juliette making jewellery from the long grass.
The people who live on these stations during the wet are isolated for up to 6 months of the year. When you speak to them, that is their favourite time, the land is the most beautiful, the rivers and waterfalls are awesome and there are no tourists. It just always strikes me how we who live in cities forget that their are people living such completely different lives. I think it would be an awesome experience.
The beautiful Emma Gorge
Zebedee thermal springs in El Questro.
