Cannot believe our next spot. Yet another one right on the beach at Gumbanan. The temp has dropped to around 30 degrees and on this Eastern side of the cape, we have an afternoon sea breeze, which is wonderful. It started out a little negative as the first spot we went to couldn’t have us there with the pooches. Funnily enough though, the bloke looking after the camp used to live in the same town as Tony in the 70’s (Savage River, TAS) and so there was a great conversation about old people and what they are up to now. It was a bit strange that somewhere almost as far as possible as Savage River sees two blokes from the same place meet up! After the drive we are again camping almost on the water which ... read more

The drive from Nev’s camp to our eventual camp at Lennard River was a good one. Lots of different terrain and hills - imagine that! Good fun times. On the way Tony and Di kindly took the dogs (Bella and Jack) to camp while Phil and Jen, and my lot headed into Bell Gorge. Wow! What a spot. A short walk in to a gorge that had a waterfall flowing and a river system that we followed (swimming) for several hundred metres to another gorge that had no-one there. It was a sensational spot - one that will stay in our minds as the cameras couldn’t swim with us. So cool to see these sorts of places. A lot of fun swimming down over mini-falls and through small, but deep, rock pools. Well recommended by us. ... read more

We had heard from a few other travellers that MTE was a great place to stay, that had only opened their property to travellers in the last few years. It was a fairly standard drive in (around 160km odd from Drysdale Station) except for the store we found in the Dodnun Community. There were plenty of signs stuck to trees about ice creams, biscuits, soft drinks, etc. that got our attention. When we arrived a young fella came across to let us into the store for us only to find out that he was also Tasmanian! From Burnie/Somerset area. A nice young fella, as they mostly are up here, so we had a good chat. And the ice creams did not disappoint. The advertising on the trees suggested the prices were the cheapest on the Gibb ... read more

We thought that we had hit the jackpot at Miner’s Pool but bugger me if Honeymoon Bay is not one of the best camp spots I have ever seen! We are currently parked up around 30 metres from the high tide line enjoying the morning breeze after arriving yesterday after another early start to beat the travelling hoards. The drive up was quite nice with a lot of different country between the hills - a bit similar to the Simpson Desert between the dunes in that each time you go over a rise you do not know what you’ll see in terms of terrain and plant life. Nothing major to report from the 200km trek into Kalumburu except that my trailer light plug bracket has broken. Nothing that a cable tie and gaff tape won’t fix ... read more

Man is it dry. And hot. And dusty. We are currently on our second day at the Home Valley Station, camping on the side of the Pentecost River. It is hot. And blowing. And Dusty. WIth the mix of dust and smoke (from burning off nearby that has been happening everywhere we go up here) it creates for a strange haze against the otherwise clear blue sky. As we have made our way along the roads for the past few days we have heard that the majority of the Kimberley is bone dry and I must say that the first 60km odd that we drove in has proven those statements correct - not even a dribble across the “water” crossing at the Pentecost at full tide. It is a bit of a disappointment as part of ... read more