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The Gibb River Road, part 2

Welcome to the 2nd photo post on the Gibb River road, and the 4th photo post covering our Kimberley Adventures in May – June 2015. If you want more information about the Gibb River Road and Kimberley, including what’s worth seeing, tours that can be done, approximate costs and itineraries, where to get fuel and…

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Welcome to the 2nd photo post on the Gibb River road, and the 4th photo post covering our Kimberley Adventures in May – June 2015.

If you want more information about the Gibb River Road and Kimberley, including what’s worth seeing, tours that can be done, approximate costs and itineraries, where to get fuel and water and heaps more, have a read of the ultimate guide to the Kimberley.

If you missed any of the previous photo series posts, you can find them at:

Broome and the trip up

Off to Cape Leveque

Gibb River Road Part 1

Our campsite at Mt Elizabeth — Relaxing at Mt Elizabeth

Friendly Walleroos at Mt Elizabeth — Lots of friendly Walleroo’s hopping around

Peacocks at Mt Elizabeth — A couple of peacocks too!

Wunumurra Gorge — Wunnumurra Gorge, Mt Elizabeth

Wunumurra Gorge from the beach — One of the best gorges, in our opinion

The first bit of real 4WDing — It’s even got some real 4WDing

Mt Elizabeth 4x4 tracks — I was pretty happy to put it in low range!

Warla Gorge — Hann River Gorge, another stunning place

Untitled 1 — Get used to doing a lot of gravel driving!

Walking to Little Mertins — Walking down to Little Mertins at Mitchell falls for a quick afternoon swim

At the top of Big Mertins — On the other side of Big Mertins the following morning

Mitchell Falls in the Kimberley are amazing — Mitchell Falls; what a beauty!

Mitchell falls — Well worth the 2 hour walk!

Little Mertins at Mitchell Falls — We stopped for a quick swim at Little Mertins on the way back

Mitchell falls driving — The bush fires have gone through a lot of the Gibb already this year

A big burger at Drysdale — A giant burger from Drysdale station

Ellenbrae donkey hot water — The donkey hot water heater at Ellenbrae

Gibb River Road lookout — Stopped at the lookout just above the Pentecost River

Pentecost river crossing with a Caravan — The Pentecost River with a caravan

Amarok crossing the Pentecost River — Gavin in his Amarok

El Questro 4WD Tracks — Saddleback Ridge 4WD track at El Questro; the most scenic 4WD track we’ve ever done

Saddleback ridge El Questro — Absolutely insane views

El Questro view — The dust hangs around forever here

El Questro by 4WD — Sunset at Saddleback Ridge

Water crossing at El Questro — On the way to El Questro Gorge

To El Questro Gorge — Nothing beats a water crossing

El Questro Gorge water — Crystal clear, cool water

At the end of El Questro Gorge lies a cold, deep pool with a beautiful waterfall flowing into it

GOPR1246 — The gorge only sees the sun for a few hours a day

Climbing El Questro Gorge — A couple of more challenging sections

El Questro water crossing — Crossing the Pentecost River, again!

Enjoying El Questro — El Questro has some beautiful places

El Questro 4x4 — A day out in the 4WD’s exploring El Questro

4WDing around El Questro — Nothing is too difficult

Explosion Gorge El Questro — Explosion Gorge

Brancos Lookout El Questro — Branco’s lookout. See the big saltwater crocodile at the bottom of the photo?

Rock Wallaby at El Questro — A little Rock Wallaby

The homestead El Questro — The homestead. For $2000 + per night, you can stay here!

Tiny lizard at El Questro — A tiny little lizard in the scrub

Chamberlain gorge fish — Catfish and a giant barramundi

Barramundi fish — Lots of fish coming out for a feed

Gibb River road water — A little floodway

Chamberlain Gorge — Chamberlain gorge, El Questro

El Questro Donkey — Donkeys at El Questro

Zebedee Springs El Questro — Zebedee springs; an amazing place

Pentecost river at our camp site — The Pentecost river, meters away from our camp site

Native frog — A very friendly native frog.

Moonlight gorge — Walking at Moonshine Gorge

El Questro Toyota country — El Questro work vehicles. It’s Toyota country up here!

El Questro Helicopter ride — Fancy a helicopter ride at El Questro?

Busterd bird — One of two busterd birds we saw on the Gibb River Road

Beautiful tree frog — There are plenty of green tree frogs around!

Another dragon fly — A lot more dragon flies though!

Red Winged parrot — A beautiful red winged parrot

Water monitor at Emma Gorge — Another water monitor on the way out of Emma Gorge

Kimberley cane toad — A cane toad at Emma Gorge. We saw at least 15. They are a feral pest, and are taking over.

After nearly 3 weeks on the Gibb River road, it was time to keep moving to Kununurra, then onto Lake Argyle and the Bungle Bungles. You can see the final part of our Kimberley adventures at Lake Argyle and the Bungle Bungles.