Monthly Archives: May 2014

We packed up from Mitchell Falls and headed back to Drysdale Station and arrived there in time for lunch. Lunch has presented problems up north, we set out with the intention to find some nice place to stop and make … Continue reading →

The national park itinerary suggested driving up to Surveyors pool and then to a lookout over the coast line for the second day, so we set off and eventually found the pool. I don’t think too many people follow their … Continue reading →

Walking shoes on, backpack full of water and snacks and we were off for a 5km hike to the Mitchell Falls. It turned out to be quite a challenging walk with much of it climbing over rocks, down gorges and … Continue reading →

Packed up again, drove to the homestead and left the trailer there and headed up to the Mitchell plateau. The creek crossings were pretty numerous both on the Kalumburu road and the road into the Mitchell Falls but most were … Continue reading →

Miners Pool: another day to relax and take it easy. After spending the morning reading and playing games we decided to go and checkout the river. Access to the river was limited to one track and we didn’t notice it … Continue reading →

Packed up and headed off up the Gibb River road, scenery changed from flat open plains to hills and rocky escarpments as we went through the Leopold Ranges. We arrived at Mt Barnet roadhouse around lunch time so we decided … Continue reading →

Today we drove 50 kms to Tunnel Creek and did the walk through the cave (tunnel) and then back through it again as there is no way out over the limestone cliffs. It was in the mid-thirties again but somewhat … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

Mother’s Day Unfortunately Mother’s day was spent travelling. We went back to Broome for more supplies and it didn’t take much persuasion from Terry to talk me into having lunch at the café in the shopping centre. After buying our … Continue reading →

This was supposed to be my fishing day but Jacky was still keen to see this trochus shell hatchery so we set off for One Arm Point again only to find that it was open every day but Saturdays. I … Continue reading →