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…
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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: El Questro (day 5)
Getting up early has its perks. We started that day with a natural spa day at Zebedee springs. It is a permanent thermal spring that is fed by warm water from deep within the earth and flows down rocks into multiple little pools. The El Questro station owners only open up the area between 7…
Kimberleys: El Questro Station
We left Mount Barnett Station that morning. It would be a long day driving all the way to El Questro Station. On our way along the Gibb River Road we came along the Gibb River. All the Australians we traveled with were very excited about this spot- something we had noticed before when talking to…
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….
Getting ready for the Kimberleys
Today was mostly about getting ready to go to the Kimberlys the next day. We had to get the last clothes washed to either put them in the suitcase that we would leave behind in the hotel or put them in the soft bags that we brought for the camping trip. But before we started…
Exploring Broome
Today we did not have much activities planned other than visiting various spots in and around Broome. So we started the day slowly with an outdoor shower, without our little frog friends who disappeared during the night. But, again we had a visitor at our bungalow- this little fellow snug by us while we were…