Saturday, 30 May 2026 Today we made our final push to the west coast. We left Derby about 9.00am after taking a last couple of photos. We didn’t photograph the Wool Shed yesterday, so took a quick photo this morning … since it is one of Derby’s oldest buildings. This slight detour put us on […]
Friday, 29 May 2026 The Spinifex Hotel was very busy last night. We managed to secure a car park inside the compound, but other drivers were resorting to parking in the aisles. That was one reason we decided to walk the short distance down to the Derby Marsh, because we were worried that we wouldn’t
Thursday, 28 May 2026 We re-packed again today to continue our push westward. Our first stop was at the information board at the end of the New Fitzroy River Bridge to learn a little bit more about the 2022/23 flood and the incredible effort to reconnect the east and west Kimberley with this new bridge.
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Wednesday, 27 May 2026 In the planning phase for this trip, we decided to take a side trip from the Gibb River Road to Fitzroy Crossing, so that we could visit Windjana Gorge and Tunnel Creek on the way. Then we added a night to Fitzroy Crossing so that we could visit Geike Gorge …
Tuesday, 26 May 2026 We packed the car again this morning to continue our Kimberley adventure. We drove back towards the turn off for Bell Gorge, but continued this morning on the Gibb River Road rather than turning. The road climbed to the top of the Leopold Ranges and for once, there was a view
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Monday, 25 May 2026 What a difference a day makes AND the right preparation is paramount! This morning we set out to visit … yet ANOTHER gorge. This morning, after breakfast, we headed west on the Gibb River Road for 8.5 kilometres to reach the turn off to Dalmanyi (Bell Gorge). We bumped our way
Sunday, 24 May 2026 This morning we had to deconstruct the camp, a task that took at least as long as it took to erect it. Maybe longer? We are really going to have to be better at making camp and breaking camp if we don’t want to embarrass ourselves on the Simpson Desert Tagalong
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Saturday, 23 May 2026 Aargh! So much for no fluids after 6.00pm and the late evening toilet trip with Bernie. I had a mosquito coil induced coughing attack at about 11.30pm that left my bladder feeling uncomfortable for the rest of the night! When we came back from the toilet block there was a big,
Friday, 22 May 2026 I guess I have to record that … I hung on all night! I was up soon after daylight though for a quick walk down to use the amenities. With just under 200Ks planned for today we allowed ourselves a fairly leisurely start. We had lovely hot showers. Certainly not the
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Thursday, 21 May 2026 Woo hoo, this morning we woke to some sunshine. We have not seen the sun since Saturday so that was cause for excitement. On the plus side, we have been able to do some hiking on days when it has been cooler. There’s something about blue sky and sunshine that makes
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