Today was a very big day on the road. The Gibb River Road is a very rough and rugged area. There is such a stark contrast between the red, red road and the green trees alongside. We are experiencing the real outback and enjoying it. We left El Questro at 7.00am and arrived at King Edward River campground at around 4.00pm. Not far out of El Questro we crossed the Pentecost River which is a long (but quite shallow) river crossing with a mountain range in the background, photographed for many Kimberley brochures. We also made a couple of stops, the first being Home Valley Station which we were very impressed with. It's run by the local aboriginal community and used for job & skills training and is very clean and well presented. We only had the opportunity to enjoy a coffee but we would like to stay there sometime in the future. Next we pulled in to Ellenbrae Station as we had heard from Jodie & Tim about their lovely scones. We then continued on to Drydale station for fuel and a puncture repair (suffered only about 50k's from El Questro). Fuel $1.95 litre & puncture repair $75. The Kalumburu Road was pretty rough with corrugations which has shaken most of our filling loose. It was a big day in the car to get to our destination in one piece. We are hoping the Mitchell Falls are worth all the effort.
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