Gibb River Road cont.

Boys getting water at the Mitchell Fall's camp ground, they ask you to get water here so that the river at this end stays clean for every-one. The swim hole was futher up and the falls themselves are a two hour walk from here.

Eco loo at Mitchell Fall's camp ground, they do a great job in these remote places, but it is amazing what people expect to find, what no showers??

Last leg into Mitchell Fall's camp ground oops this needs fixing, they had so much rain up here there roads where closed for three weeks when we where still in Kununnura.

Entertainment at King Edward, the neighbors(New Zealanders) came over and joined us

Bill with our tent our first try out

King Edward River, wonderfull place to camp and swim could have stayed a week, no crocs and no bities(mosquitos or midgies)

Now they tell us!!

Viewing the art "silly buggers"

All together now "smile"

Checking out the aboriginal art near the King Edward camp, so easy to get to and so well preserved wonderfull examples of this areas art work

Morning tea, just before King Edward River camp about half way between Drysdale Station and Mitchell Fall's camp, we all needed a cuppa badly at this stage.

So many lovely flowers along the way

Already for the next stage, leaving Drysdale Station Mitchell Fall's here we come.

Another choice of accomadation at Drysdale!!

Bill calling home from Drysdale Station the only phone was in a fridge??

Coming into Drysdale Station we where very glad to get here all in one piece, little did we know that there was worse to come

Huge boab in the gardens at Ellenbrae

Loo at Ellenbrae believe it or not no smell

Finches at Ellenbrae

Home Valley who said we where in the bush this is the way to go!!

Coming into Home Valley

Looking back at Cockburn Ranges after crossing the Pentecost river

Who's this Amalia gorge El Questro

Dragonfly at Amalia gorge El Questro

Sunset at the Pentecost River

Out walking at the Pentecost river Marilyn and Deb

Bill's fish at the Pentecost River, had to kiss and let this one go!!

So leaving El Questro we headed up the by now very dusty road calling into the Pentecost River where we camp for three days and Bill caught a baby barra. From there we went on up to Home Valley we didn't stay there though it looked really nice. Next came Ellenbrae where Paul had a problem with his van fridge that they fixed and then we where on our way, very nice scones and cream for morning tea again a lovely little place with lots of birds and a huge boab. This whole area abounds with boabs and they all have a character of their own so many shapes and sizes we have literally taken hundreds of photos of them. Our next stop was a freebie after the turn off for Drysdale Station which is where we planned on leaving the vans, the road at this stage took a turn for the worse and became very corrugated and not very friendly at all. We made a good camp on the banks of Plain Creek where we nearly lost Debbie and Monty's tent with a huge gust of wind every-one grabbed hold and all was well. Drysdale Station was a mile stone in itself and a lovely bush camping place all set up for travellers like us so many people doing this trek now, wonderfull hamburgers and chips what a treat and a central camp-fire that every-one can enjoy we meet Ron Moon the chap who writes all the touring books very interesting speaking with him and he told us about Port Warrender where we eventually went.

Grass hopper at Amalia gorge

Small river crossing near main camp at El Questro

So many pretty flowers this on near main camp swimming hole

Friendly local!!

Amalia Gorge

Bill at Amalia gorge

Coming into El Questro main camp we chose a river camp which was very secluded and just wonderfull

Gibb River Road

Leaving Kununnura eventually we headed for El Questro with a nice free camp along the way at King river at El Questro we walked Emma Gorge, visited Zebedee springs for a swim treked up Amalia gorge and nearly froze in the water there it was so cold, drove up the Saddleback ridge what a view river-side camping made it a very enjoyable visit.

Kununurra continued

Last but not least our "three wise men" see no evil, speak no evil, and hear no evil ah!! We're off to El Questro on Monday but it may be a while until I get service again caio for now

View from the top of Middle Spings, my camera really doesn't do this justice

"Crocs" in the pool where's the rest of him??

Blackrock pool sooooo cold we didn't swim here

All together now- Middle Springs
Who's watching for crocs??

Oh me oh my at Thompson's spings about 30k's out of Kununurra

On the steps at the Grotto

Oh what a feeling!!

Who's the guy in the hat?? Crocodile Dundee??

Our truck passing through the boab's at Middle spring

Boab tree at the Grotto an amazing little place where you climb down 140steps in the side of a gorge and then you can swim and we saw monitor lizards just suning themselves while we all swam and skylarked about the place like a bunch of big kids??? great fun!!

Ivanhoe's Crossing they are releasing tons of water at the present(out of the dam) hence the crossing is closed to traffic never mind we found another way around.

Lots of crocs around here at times, we didn't see any ah that doesn't mean anything

Well we are still in Kununurra waiting for the roads further north to be opened. Leaving Monday to start the Gibb River Rd and hopefully by the time we get to Drysdale Station the roads further up will be open. No more rain here the last few days so should be good.

We have been checking out the area around here and have been to Ivanhoe's crossing (closed) Thompson's Springs(wonderful little place out in the bush), Lake Argyle(largest man-made lake in Aust) and today Valentine's spring, Middle Spring and Blackrock pool all different and we had a swim in some of them.