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 ...

More pancakes from Daddy and Lily this morning accompanied by coffee as we are on a powered site and can use the coffee machine- yay! Mummy had planned some schoolwork so we spent some time before filling up the bladders in our backpacks and heading off on the gorge lookout trail-6km return. Can’t say it was much to write home about and certainly didn’t warrant the glossy map that accompanied each trail. We have been spoilt with beautiful gorges I know, but t...

An easier packup this morning with bare minimum unpacked last night and still hitched to car - yet we were still some of the last to leave at 8! When we started the car it stopped and both our hearts fell, but after a few pumps of filter and some advice from an oldie nearby, it started thankfully! Not sure if an airlock or dirty fuel as Matty had been a bit worried about, but doesn’t matter as it started and didn’t stop! We set off to the homestead with the k...

We filled up on diesel back in Kalumburu a bit dubious about how it would go even though it fell at the prestigious end of $2.60/L - the most we’ve paid so far. I stocked up on fresh fruit and veg to last us until Kununurra at the end of the Gibb and we tuned into some Harry Potter as we bumped along back to Drysdale Station very pleased to turn into the gate after 4 hours of bone rattling corregations broken only by stretches of 40km/h rocky track. It was very...

Sunday slow day not much happening except a bit of long overdue schoolwork and hanging about. Matt drove the kids to check out the WWII plane wreck back near Kalumburu, not much left there. If we’d had the energy we would have rattled a 4hr return journey to a waterhole recently opened to tourists for a swim, but couldn’t be bothered. From all accounts it was a pretty nice place, sometimes a bit tricky to find with a signpost regularly knocked over by a few ...