The long awaited horse riding day had arrived, but we had to wait until 10, so we fitted in some canpakes and tiny bit of schoolwork before we headed to the stables. After we’d all signed indemnity forms the girls gave us helmets and a horse and on we got! I was expecting a bit of a nothing first half hour while they went through how to hold reins and the basics of horse safety, but we got about a 5min brief on how to pull the horse up and turn it and we were o...

Woke up to another beautiful morning on the Gibb- we’re usually awake 5:30 or 6 with the light, which is good as trying to stay on NSW time. Zebedee Springs first up on the menu today, on our way in we had an impromptu maths lesson calculating how old the beautiful Liviston Palms are- (you count the rings and divide by 4). We chanced our arrival just as a tour group of oldies left and most of the keen beans that get everywhere early, so were quite pleased with ...

Today we were attempting the mighty Pentecost River crossing which ended up being disappointingly tame, no crocs or deep tidal water in sight. This was followed by some very smooth Gibb gravel road on our approach to El Questro, only a 750,000 acre station this time but famous for it’s gorges and thermal springs. It’s often the first or the last stop on the Gibb for most so a good mixture of very clean and very dirty setups! We signed up as promised to kids ...