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Thought it was time for some trip awards !! Most useful items on 4WD outback trip - zip lock Glad bags -anti-bacterial Wet Wipes - Robert Harris coffee bags - aluminum flask water bottles - Leatherman - iphone (Grant's opinion only, I don't agree on this one since we didn't have phone or internet most the time) - GPS Most wanted item whilst on trip - 12V fan - hot showers Useful items to take next time - 12V fan - fuse wire Best campsite - Kimberleyland Holiday Park, Kununurra Worst campsite - Halls Creek Best trip - Horizontal Waterfalls overnight Funniest moment - dancing with Popeye the cockatoo to AC/DC "Thunderstruck" at the Zebra Rock Gallery - close second : trying to use the solar camp shower in the Bungle Bungles in our togs Most ... read more

Our last official full day in the Kimberley, very sadly, but still lots of things to go and see in Broome. The weather forecast was not looking too great with thunderstorms predicted and the sea kayaking trip we'd booked to go on for half the day at Turtle Bay was cancelled. With the weather not looking too hot and after our experience of leaking canvas pop-top in Derby, we headed off to Britz to get them to fix up the small hole in the corner so that, should it rain again tonight, we would not get wet. It was a fairly quick fix with a patch of canvas & some silicone. Then we headed into Chinatown in Broome for a quick look around, lunch and a visit to Sun Picutres. Built in 1916, Sun Pictures is ... read more

Today I'm calling the Buffer Day - as we should only have got into Derby today (we allowed an extra day along the Gibb River Road for travel delays / breakdowns which we didn't end up using, hence into Derby a day earlier than planned yesterday). What a day though !!! The light rain from late yesterday afternoon has not stopped and has been torrential all day. Once we saw the weather we quickly rebooked early in the morning - staying on until tomorrow, waiting for our trip to the Horizontal Waterfalls (thinking optimistically). The campground here is fairly small - only 20 powered sites - and by midday or so loads of caravans & 4WDs towing trailers were arriving (pretty sure it's full now). The rain all day has been pretty awful - the water ... read more

Made an early start and were on the road by 8:30am, heading back to the Imintji aboriginal store to try & fix the fridge. Luckily they had exactly the required fuses we needed and Grant replaced in the battery so fridge now back in working order. As it was only down overnight most of our food seems fine which is good. Couldn't resist some real coffee either seeing as we were there - so a flat white & a cappucino also went down very well. Back on the road we were headed for the turn off for Windjana Gorge & Tunnel Creek National Parks. The GRR headed over the King Leopold Ranges which made a nice change as there were a couple of good lookouts (middle section of the road had been quite flat with just ... read more

A day of mainly travelling further on the Gibb River Road back towards Derby & Broome. The donkey heating system worked perfectly this morning at the campsite at Ellenbrae, even though Grant & I lit it only about 20 mins before having a shower. The water was beautifully warm - just right - with no need to any cold water to it. The road today was mainly in good condition, slightly rutted in places with some corrugations and a few sections with quite a bit of sand and bull dust. We did a detour up to Mt Elizabeth Homestead (approx 30 kms off the road) to check it out but were there by noon, and with not a lot going on up there to fill the afternoon, we decided to carry on further down the road. ... read more