Well folks, here I am roughing it at Oaks Sanctuary Cable Beach Resort http://www.oakshotelsresorts.com/oaks-cablebeach doing it tough. The Gibb is over for this time around anyway and we all survived.
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| Mitchell Falls |
Mitchell Plateau is nothing like I expected, it is covered in Livingstonia Palms and you would imagine you were in tropical North Queensland not in the Kimberley. After leaving Mitchell we doubled back to Drysdale River Station for a hot shower. www.drysdaleriver.com.au
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| Drysdale River Station |
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| Looking up the Kalumburu Road |
Onward we went to Mt Elizabeth Station, where the boy's from "All For Adventure" TV program had left their boat and Polaris while filming a trip to Walcott Inlet for an upcoming show.
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| Barnett River Gorge |
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| Boab on the walk to Barnett Falls |
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| A Kimberley Rose |
After a walk to Barnett Gorge it was off to Mt Barnett Roadhouse our first shopping experience in a while and lunch.
The chicken kebabs were delicious.
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| Mt Barnett Roadhouse |
Next was Galvins Gorge, a nice easy walk and beautiful.
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| Galvins Gorge |
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| Galvins Gorge |
Adcock Gorge was next very easy access but not as pretty as Galvins.
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| Adcock Gorge |
It was on to Charney River Station for the night, with another chorus of dingo howls all night. A great location, very peacefull. Next morning we went to Donkey Springs, another very pretty spot.
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| Donkey Springs |
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| a typical road scene |
Bell Gorge was next on the list, with an overnight stop at Silent Grove Campground, this was one our busiest camps for the trip. I read that on one night last dry season during school holidays there was over 200 camps there!
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| Bell Gorge |
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| above the Falls at Bell Gorge |
We awoke the next morning to our first cloud since the start, a heavy misty cloud covering the peaks of the King Leopold Range. This was a spectacular part with great views but I think it lost a lot with the cloud cover. It was soon gone and back into the low 30's again.
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| just after Inglis Gap |
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| Queen Victoria's Head in the Napier Range |
By the time we reached Winjana Gorge the cloud had gone and back came the sun.
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| Winjana Gorge |
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| a local freshie having a sunbake |
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| Winjana Gorge |
Well folks, that's all I am going to do for this leg of the trip. I have hired a scooter (i call it Harley) for a couple of days (great fun) and intend to have a good look around Broome. I bought a new camera yesterday for the next leg. We are here in Broome until Monday morning when team Perth head back to Perth and team Darwin head back to Derby.
Tuesday morning we are booked on the Horizontal Falls seaplane/jetboat tour and I can't wait.
Ah another day of cloudless skies 30C this is getting boring (not)!!
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