That night we slept on a camp site right next to the new Fitzroy River Bridge. It was the last night of our bus tour and the whole group of travelers joined for dinner at the camp pub. Our twelve day tour through the Kimberleys would come to an end the next day and we…
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Kimberleys: Bungle Bungles
One of the highlights of this trip is the visit to Purnululu National Park and the Bungle Bungles. The park is World Heritage listed. The driving is rough and a high- clearance four-wheel drive vehicle is a must on these roads and you need to feel comfortable to navigate river crossings. The area is dominated…
Kimberleys: Lake Argyle
Today we stayed in the area around Lake Argyle. The Lake is a 2.000 square kilometers body of water and the largest reservoir in Australia. A dam was built early 1970 that created the current lake. The water is used for irrigation and for some power generation but has way more capacity then currently used….
Kimberleys: Going to Lake Argyle
Next day was a very touristy day- shopping stops and rum tasting. But it started off with a drive along the Cockburn Range. Along the way we saw wild horses roam free in the bush. Leaving the Gibb River Road we stopped at a road sign. Our fellow Australian travelers got real excited about having…
Kimberleys: Manning Gorge
Started our hike to manning Gorge at 6.45h that morning which means a 5:30 wake-up. But given it will be getting over 35 degrees celcius quickly and it was a longer walk in the open, we needed to be hitting the “walk” early. The tour is about 7.5km return and fairly flat in most parts,…
Kimberleys: Bells and Galvans Gorge
We spent our night under a sky full of bright stars and I am surprised I slept so well in my swag. As we had a lot of plans for the day we had to wake up at 5 o’clock and pack up our belongings. It was still dark when we got up. When we…
Kimberleys: Silent Grove/ Bell Gorge
When we booked our bus tour for the next eleven days around the Kimberly region we had not realized how close the whole tourist season was to being canceled due to the heavy flooding end of last year and heavy rains beginning this year. Many of the roads and bridges in the region were damaged….