Shake Rattle n Roll

Warroora Station – Ningaloo Reef. Currently camped right on the beach, could not get any closer and looking forward to a great sunset. Waroora is a working station and they allow bush camping along their 51kms of Nigaloo Reef pristine coastline. You need to be totally self sufficient with water etc and must have a chemical toilet (they do hire them $10/night). Turquoise blue water, white sand and the waves crashing on the distant reef. Get the picture! As I have been lax in keeping my blog up to date a brief rundown of where our travels have taken us so far. After The Gibb River Road we stopped off in Derby for a couple of days, mainly to get the ARB underbody stuff refitted to the Prado. Apparently “down south they don’t know how to ... read more

Charnley River Station – Wildlife Sanctuary From Manning we drove about 50 km down the Gibb River Rd, stopping off to look at Galvans Gorge, this small gorge is just off the road, another very pretty location with a lovely Boab right at the top of the falls and also some more Aboriginal rock art. We then took the turn off to Charnley River Station and drove another 42 km (this is one long driveway) and as you are driving through working cattle stations there were gates to open and close, you soon learnt not to get out of the car too quick but wait for your own dust to catch up and settle before getting out otherwise you would ended up wearing it, also remember which side of the gate your car is parked on ... read more

Well folks here I am back again and we are currently at Barn Hill Station south of Broome but more about that later as I still have to tell you all about the rest of the Gibb River Road and all the Gorges we visited and Broome and Cape Leveque. I have to admit keeping up with the Blog is not as easy as I thought it would be. Sometimes you just have to sit back and enjoy the view and we have been playing a bit of Canasta at night with Ron and Erica. For those of you who know Ron I have to say there is another side to mild mannered Ron, (positively evil in a nice way of course) which comes out when playing cards. We have been on the road about 7 ... read more

Today (well not really today as I am posting this about a week and a half since we were there)we were the first flight into the falls so we had the place to ourselves for a while. The flight only takes 6 minutes, they do a couple of turns over the falls so you can get some pics from above. You have to see it from above to appreciate the vastness of this area. We spent the best part of the morning taking in the sights and relaxing in the cool waters of the Mitchell River, and being entertained by the tour groups crossing the top of the falls. It took best part of an hour and a half for the walk back and it was very hot so cooling off at Mertens Falls was a ... read more

Ellenbrae Station After leaving Home Valley it was back onto the Gibb with our next stop Drysdale River Homestead. However, we had been told to make sure we take a small detour to sample the scones with jam and cream on offer at Ellenbrea. After doing some miles on the dusty and bumpy road we started seeing the signs and could not resist. A small 5km detour took us to paradise. Yummy just like Nanna used to make. Ellebrea Station is quite unique. A lot of creative energy has gone into the buildings made from what looks like whatever was at hand. The outdoor bathroom is quirky to say the least. The gardens are a lovely green oasis in which to enjoy your scones while being entertained by the many finches enjoying the bird feeders. You ... read more