Pack up took a little longer this morning as we needed to make some phone calls to sort out a couple of things. Once we were packed up we headed out to the Prison Boab Tree. It has some very interesting information about the area before you get to the tree.

Boab Prison Tree

The tree itself is quite large with a small opening to get in or out of it. I imagine it would be quite dark inside but the public are not allowed inside. I didn’t mind, particularly after I read the sign that suggested it could house a few snakes. I wasn’t in any hurry to find out if this was true so observed from a reasonable distance.

Gibb River Road

Then! The Gibb River Road was calling us. It starts off bitumen then changes to gravel. We travelled down to Windjana Gorge National Park. The camping area was quite spacious with few people there when we arrived. We set up near a nice shady tree. There are flushing toilets and showers here which is a nice surprise. I visited the toilet to find a nice bright green tree frog in the toilet bowl so I left him to it and chose another toilet. Terry went to the toilet a while later and rescued the frog and set him free. It seemed he didn’t want to be free and tried to get back into the bowl as Terry was sitting on it contemplating life. Our spacious camping area wasn’t empty for too long. About 5pm people just started arriving and it became quite crowded. I’m so glad we arrived when we did and were able to choose our spot.