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5/7/21. Mitchell Falls to King Edward River

I had an early start -walking back in to Little Mertens Falls to try to see the black grasswren, but without any joy. I returned to find Trevor cooking my breakfast of bacon and eggs! We packed up at a relaxed pace and left the campground at 9am. We had stuck with the plan toContinue reading “5/7/21. Mitchell Falls to King Edward River”

4/7 Mitchell Falls

We started our day with the helicopter ride. We were able to get a “ bargain price” due to the fact that there were 5 of us that wanted to go. We had 18 minutes of joy as we zipped over the famous falls and the surrounding areas. I loved the ride despite the factContinue reading “4/7 Mitchell Falls”

3/7/21 Drysdale River Station to Mitchell Falls

We have been exceptionally fortunate with our timing so far and it seems that once again luck has held in relation to this. Word at Drysdale River campground was that the road in to Mitchell Falls had been recently graded. We grabbed hot showers, boiled the billy and had breakfast and were heading on upContinue reading “3/7/21 Drysdale River Station to Mitchell Falls”

2/7/21 Ellenbrae to Drysdale River.

Today we started our day with a walk across to the Ringers campground from our Jackeroos camp, so that we could have a look at the swimming hole there. The others went for a swim there but we decided not to. We did have a good look at the lovely shaded area for meals andContinue reading “2/7/21 Ellenbrae to Drysdale River.”

1/7/21 (day 21) El Questro to Ellenbrae Station.

We started our day with the activities at El Questro which we had booked. Ev and Craig went off to ride horses at 7 am and the rest of us tootled down to “the jetty” to catch the Chamberlain Gorge cruise at 9:30. The cruise was informative and beautiful-a totally different experience from the waterContinue reading “1/7/21 (day 21) El Questro to Ellenbrae Station.”

30/6/21 Four wheel driving at ElQuestro

We had a few household chores to do this morning so Trevor cleaned out our storage boxes, dried out liners and repacked while I washed clothes. Our companions had left early and we had no idea what they were up to, so we decided to go and see some of the 4WD tracks and lookoutsContinue reading “30/6/21 Four wheel driving at ElQuestro”

29th June 2021-Zebedee Springs,ElQuestro Gorge and Jackeroo Waterhole

Zebedee Springs was our first stop for the day. The others were out of bed and on their way before us. We found them out there. Colwells had already finished their soak in the lovely warm pools. Al and Zita were still luxuriating, moving from small rock pool to small waterfall for a massage andContinue reading “29th June 2021-Zebedee Springs,ElQuestro Gorge and Jackeroo Waterhole”

28/6/21 The Gibb River Road

Today we finally made it to the Gibb River Road (the central goal of this big WA Wander) After a morning of packing up, filling gas, final shopping and another photo of a croc at the caravan park (now sunning on a log) we made a final stop at the petrol station to fill ourContinue reading “28/6/21 The Gibb River Road”

Sunday 27th June -Kununurra and Lake Argyle.

Our touring started today with a drive out Ivanhoe road. We took a left turn and headed out past similar plots of mixed trees that we had seen when we went out to the Hoochery the other day. We stopped in to see the carved rock ( zebra rock primarily) and asked the lady inContinue reading “Sunday 27th June -Kununurra and Lake Argyle.”

26/6/21 Rum, views, bowerbirds and a fond farewell

The days start early in the caravan park the sun is getting up,and so are the travellers, who have places to be. The couple beside us wanted to be at El Questro (100 km away) so of course they had to be up making a lot of noise by 5:45. Hence we were also wideContinue reading “26/6/21 Rum, views, bowerbirds and a fond farewell”