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We haven't really adjusted to WA time. We usually wake between 6 and 630am which is early for us. The advantage is you can get going earlier. We had a family game of electronic monopoly (Pippy's birthday present) in which Geoff and I made our usual bad investment decisions!
Then it was off to do some exploring. We walked up El Questro gorge. The landscape really is stunning, with high red cliff faces with the back drop of the blue blue sky and lush green palms (not always present but were quite abundant in this gorge).
The walk took us about 5 hours as we stopped and did lots of swimming in the beautiful water holes. In fact at one point we couldn't go any further up the gorge unless we swam. So swim we did with our clothes and shoes all fully sodden. The kids were in excellent spirits today. The temperature seems to have a direct correlation to the amount of whinging and today the temperature in the gorge was very pleasant. We got back in time to do a 4WD up to a sunset lookout.
The camping ground at El Questro certainly isn't the best we have stayed at. There is no sign of the exclusive resort or the guests. We only see the private helicopters and planes fly in. So even though the camp ground is only average the actual grounds of El Q contain some spectacular scenery so you can see why it has the reputation that it does.
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