Day 43 Kununurra - El Questro "somewhere over the rainbow......." El Questro - wow. I can see why Baz Luhrman wanted to film here! This whole place is just amazing ! There is a million acres here and we won't even get to see a tenth of it but......wow..... We got up at 530 this morning for the drive in. Back on the Gibb River Road and I've got to tell you it's nothing! I was expecting heavy going 4wd but the majority of it to Questro was bitumen! We turned ...

Day 42 Bungle Bungles - Kununurra " Out where the river broke, the bloodwood and the desert oak...." Today was pretty cruisy by our current standards but it was really just to get to Kununurra to set up a base for the next week or so. We left the Bungles at about 8.30 after a quick walk down to the river that the kids found out on a run about the place. The park at the Bungles entrance is really handy but it's only in its infancy and so is very basic in its s...

Day 41 Ord River Camp - Bungle Bungles National Park " I'm on a foggy highway, I'm on a lonely road. I can't see the road ahead. I'm on a foggy highway...." The fog is the Kimberley fog and it was everywhere today ! We woke up at 5.30 to get ready for a full day in the Bungle Bungle National Park. We left our campsite at Ord River just after 6.30 following a quick birthday breakfast for Corinne, ready to drive into the park. They have a new caravan park on th...

Day 40 Fitzroy Crossing - Mary River - Halls Creek - Old Town- Caroline's Pool - China Wall - Ord River " I stood in the water up to my chest, on a cool day, while the sun, warm enough to keep me from shivering...... " We managed to get ahead of ourselves today - which is good as it means we have a day up our sleeve for later on. We left Fitzroy Lodge at 0745 and drove to Mary River. We had contemplated staying their earlier on and it was a nice spot - just t...

Day 39 Derby - Geikie Gorge - Fitzroy Crossing " I'm heading out where the water is much deeper, I'll save myself from saving you...." We left Derby at 7.45 for an uneventful 260k trip to Fitzroy Crossing. We knew we'd miss the 11am Geikie Gorge tour so we checked into the Fitzroy River Lodge and had lunch and a swim in the pool to pass the time. We drove out to Geikie Gorge at about 2pm via the old Fitzroy River crossing where it's a single river crossing th...