The Kimberley region

The Kimberley was supposed to be the highlight of the trip!
Driving through the very heart of the region along the unsealed Gibb River Road and up North into the most isolated tip, we were looking forward to explore the far North West corner of Australia, which is much bigger than the UK. A spectacular beautiful stretch of the world with a torn and twisted coastline and rugged sandstone ranges; rich in Aboriginal culture and European history. Indonesia was now less than 500km away….











Famous 'Bell Gorge'

But you could tell that by now we were getting a bit tired of the Savannah Woodland and looking at Gorges, it sounds a bit arrogant but that’s the case. This area is magnificent, it’s beautiful, but we were ready to see something else and to spend some time somewhere without sightseeing and moving on every day, fixing flat tyres, hiding from march flies,...- just hanging out.

Back to the Gibb River Road - it can be rough and some parts shake the filling out of your teeth, to our surprise it was quiet busy and there are several cattle stations which have opened their doors to tourism in a big way.











Corrugations....

We were surprised to find top end accommodation and dining in such a remote part. Out of curiosity we camped at popular ‘El Questro Station’ and a little further down the road at Home Valley Station. Coming to this part of the country, strangely water didn’t seem to be an issue any more, sprinklers go day in day out and the last time I have seen lawn as green as here, was in Germany after rain….

The ‘El Questro Wilderness park’ had some nice walks on offer and the ‘El Questro Gorge’ walk was outstanding beautiful(and challenging), with quiet some climbing over big boulders and the most crystal clear water in an unusual rainforest setting!



















'Dusty Bar' at Home Valley Station

After flat tyre No. 4(note we are almost only driving on our spare tyres by now) hundreds of kilometres of heavily corrugated road, we abundant the plan to go up further North to see the Mitchell Falls.
Via Derby -where we had the worst breakfast ever- we made our way to Broome…off to the beach at least!!!
We are missing Melbourne's fantastic coffee- and breakfast culture.