Blogs from Kimberleys, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
Broome to Darwin Day 2 - Kimberly National Park
Published: May 7th 2012Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Kimberleys
April 26th 2012
We started the second day of this leg of the journey by getting up early to watch the sunrise on the beach at Cape Leveque where we'd been swimming the day before. We had the beach to ourselves and were spoilt by the views. To break up the long day of driving we stopped in Derby for lunch and fuel, as well as a new pair of sunglasses for Jo; she likes these even less than the last pair so their days are already numbered! The next stop was the Boab Prison Tree. This tree is estimated to be about 4000 years old and is a sacred Aboriginal site. Unfortunately the white settlers thought it would make a good prison holding approximately 16 people once the the fibrous centre had been removed. Apparently the Kimberley's was ... read more
September 25th 2011
El Questro(EQ) along Gibb River Road(GRR) to Mt Barnett(MB)(Manning Gorge).(7798 km to 8125 km ) Note we didn t brake down as Cade states we were just stopped a little longer than planned finding the negative terminal loose on starter battery due to all the bumps. CADES DIARY Days 43 & 44 Car broke down; drove all day ,went for a swim in Mt Barnett lagoon Manning Gorge; huge walk ; deep plunge pool ; VERY VERY HIGH PLATFORM TO JUMP FROM!!!... read more
September 25th 2011
Mt Barnett to Galvans Gorge(GG),Windjana Gorge(WG), Tunnel Creek(TC) and onto Derby(D)(8125 km to 8540 km ) CADES DIARY Galvans Gorge ;climbed tree to reach rope to swing into water Windjana Gorge ; home to lots of fresh water crocs Tunnel Creek ; ~750 m long tunnel and lots of bats mostly dark where you have to walk through water with deepest part up to my chest.... read more
The Gibb Begins: Derby - Mt. Elizabeth Station.
Published: July 27th 2011Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Kimberleys
July 17th 2011
My dream of travelling the Gibb River Road has been realised! Today we returned from our 9 day GRR adventure. I loved every minute and before I forget one gorgeous gorge from another I'm going to write it all down. to make it easier for future reading I will break the trip into 3 sections. Here is the first installment. Saturday morning, July 8th, we packed up the tent, swags, food, bags and hit the road. Not a tough driving day but it was soon pretty clear that hiring the 4WD was a good idea. First on the list was a pit stop at Meda Station. We had a poke around and drove on towards Tunnel Creek. After a bite to eat we grabbed the torches and waded into the pitch blavk waters of the cave. ... read more
July 17th 2011
Day 6: We packed up our gear and left ElQ with fond memories. We had all really enjoyed our time there. We were Kununurra bound but stopped in at El Questro owned Emma Gorge. We were at the gorge opening by 8.30am and were back just in time for morning tea at the stunning hotel /restaurant. They charge an absolute fortune for their eco shelters but they served us up the best coffee and chai lattes I've tasted up here so far! Emma Gorge was beautiful and such a mild climb that I did it in thongs, but perhaps anything was going to look tame after the mountainous El Questro Gorge yesterday. After our divine snacks we drove the 1 hour into Kununurra and set up camp at Lakeside C.P. which just happens to be where ... read more
August 25th 2010
Sorry you might have already had this bit but it keeps crashing so I'll send the update again but the photo's are with the other bit I sent earlier today. Hope this makes sense ha Hi How much fun is too much fun but with everything going terribly wrong.. Well not terribly but a little bit. We left Darwin all excited and headed to Litchfield National Park, where we were going to camp for a couple of nights. We parked the car and headed down for a swim in one of the rock pools, was lovely. Until we went back to the car to see that we had been robbed the bastards. I was so so lucky my big backpack was in the boot and they didn't touch my other bags that were in the back ... read more
Road trip from Darwin to Broome
Published: August 25th 2010Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Kimberleys
August 2nd 2010
Hi How much fun is too much fun but with everything going terribly wrong.. Well not terribly but a little bit. We left Darwin all excited and headed to Litchfield National Park, where we were going to camp for a couple of nights. We parked the car and headed down for a swim in one of the rock pools, was lovely. Until we went back to the car to see that we had been robbed the bastards. I was so so lucky my big backpack was in the boot and they didn't touch my other bags that were in the back and lucky enough I decided at the last minute to grab my little bag with passport, money etc in it. Manuela (the other girl I was with was also lucky all her stuff wasn't touched ... read more
May 28th 2009
More rocks. Sorry. But they really are fascinating in the flesh. This time it’s at Geike Gorge, where we thought it would be much the same as what we’d seen before, but it blew us away. Instead of the by now ho hum, red, honeycomb and black incredible marvels, we suddenly came across these black, eerie monstrosities that could give you nightmares. They reminded me of the Adam’s Family in daylight but would be a horror movie at night. This link is compliments of our loving daughter, who gives us so much comfort when we are so far away from home and all on our own. Please copy and paste it into the Google address bar and you'll feel as uplifted as we did when we received it. Thank you Catherine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCWF2PLo4Vs As an aside, the ... read more
Fitzroy Crossing en de East Kimberley
Published: May 19th 2009Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Kimberleys
May 19th 2009
Fitzroy Crossing Hoewel Fitzroy Crossing met waarheid een gat genoemd mag worden hebben we een paar dagen gezellig met Bas zijn zus, zwager, neefje en hun Australische vrienden gekampeerd. Verveeld hebben we ons niet, we werden prima bezig gehouden door de 10-maanden oude Siebe. Toen er in de boom naast onze bus een Taipan (zeer giftige slang) geconstateerd werd was het entertainmentprogramma compleet. Nadat de slang met een rugbybal uit de boom was gegooid, werd zijn kop er vervolgens kundig afgehakt met een spade. Verder viel er een jonge sperwer met een hersenschudding uit de boom en heeft Siebe een boomkikker geaaid. Hij vond dit in ieder geval interessanter dan het boottochtje dat we de volgende dag door de Geikie Gorge maakten (en dat vonden wij stiekem ook….) Na een paar dagen reed de groep terug ... read more
