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Kimberley Day 91 - Gibb River Road

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD JACKA! Driving out of our camp site this morning, we could see the remnants of last night's fire. It had come surprisingly close and had unfortunately destroyed the homes ...

Created: 21 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 4363

Kimberley Day 90 - Gibb River Road

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Today was exciting. Around 8am we left our trailer at the Silent Grove camp and drove the 10km into Bell Gorge. Here, we walked for one km down a steep,...

Created: 20 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 4870

Kimberley Day 89 - Gibb River Road

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We woke bright and early at 6am to get a head-start on the day before it became too hot to do anything. We walked with Mark and Sharon to the upper Manning Gorge, a rocky 1 hour walk,...

Created: 19 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 4289

Kimberley Day 88 - Gibb River Road

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We drove over more corrugations to Manning Gorge, which lies behind the Mt Barnett Roadhouse. We had swapped all our CDs with Mark and Sharon's collection and were enjoying hearing a different ...

Created: 18 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 4653

Kimberley Day 87 - Gibb River Road

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What a lovely place to wake up - paperbark trees, bird sounds of all varieties, sand underfoot and remnants of last night's fire. We headed off towards Barnett River Gorge,...

Created: 17 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 4529

Kimberley Day 86 - Gibb River Road

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Today we started the Gibb River Road trek. This trek is much talked about for its notoriously bad road conditions however I had phoned the road information freecall number and heard that the ...

Created: 16 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 4566

Kimberley Day 85 - Darwin to Kununnurra

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After leaving beautiful Lake Arygle early today, we arrived in Kununurra well before lunch time. Kununurra being the gateway to the Kimberleys, and for us the Gibb River Road,...

Created: 15 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 4379

Kimberley Day 83 - Darwin to Kununnurra

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The day started with a hangover although we had only drunk two gin and tonics. We realised that we must increase our water intake and avoid any alcohol in such extreme temperatures....

Created: 13 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 4627

Kimberley Day 82 - Darwin to Kununnurra

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Leaving Katherine heading west along the Victoria Highway to Timber Creek the trip was extremely picturesque with large mountain ranges and escarpments of red rock....

Created: 12 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 4733

Kimberley Day 81 - Darwin to Kununnurra

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Our day started at 6am to meet the bus connecting us to the Yellow Waters Cruise. Suprisingly, people came out of the woodwork and the cruise was not one boat but three....

Created: 11 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 4400

Kimberley Day 80 - Darwin to Kununnurra

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At 9am it was 34 degrees and already I'd had two showers. It is searingly hot but we are patiently waiting for the big tide to catch some barra. Yesterday, we met a guy who caught one so big,...

Created: 10 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 4503

Kimberley Day 79 - Darwin to Kununnurra

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Mark and Sharon met us at Rosy's house at 8.30am ready to begin the next major leg of our trip. We went via Rosy's work to pick-up some last minute mail that had just arrived (thanks Mum!...

Created: 09 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 5015

Gulf Country Day 71 - 78 - Borroloola to Darwin

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Darwin has been very humid and temperatures are in the high 30s. We've done our usual spending spree in the big smoke before heading off into the bush and hope we are fully prepared for the next ...

Created: 08 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 4616

Gulf Country - Borroloola to Darwin

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I can't believe its October already. Rosy has confirmed that the Mindal Beach markets are on tonight so we're looking forward to that. Currently,...

Created: 01 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 4593

Gulf Country Day 69 - Borroloola to Darwin

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We left the camp ground at 9am and took the back route into Darwin via Tolmer Falls, Wangi Falls and Berry Springs. We arrived in Darwin at midday and after phoning Rosy she met us at her house so ...

Created: 30 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 4629

Gulf Country Day 68 - Borroloola to Darwin

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We lifted camp this morning and headed towards Katherine. Mark and Sharon decided to move on ahead of us and we diverted out to Katherine Gorge in hope of hiring a canoe for the afternoon....

Created: 29 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 5053

Gulf Country Day 67 - Borroloola to Darwin

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Although we were in the perfect location to fish for barramundi it was too hot to get motivated to do anything so serious. As it was,...

Created: 28 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 4730

Gulf Country Day 66 - Borroloola to Darwin

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We all slept in this morning and woke tired and sore. We packed up slowly and had to have another shower it was so hot again. We were a little disappointed with Roper Bar,...

Created: 27 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 5983

Gulf Country Day 65 - Borroloola to Darwin

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We agreed to set off to Roper Bar together. By 9am the temperature was already 32 degrees. The boys caught another grunter but it was not up to size....

Created: 26 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 5139

Gulf Country Day 64 - Lawn Hill to Borroloola

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We left the Robinson River through more patchy, wet roads but otherwise the road to Borroloola was pretty good. We heard from another camper at Robinson River that just out of Borroloola we would ...

Created: 25 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 5051

Gulf Country Day 63 - Lawn Hill to Borroloola

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Around 10am our two troopies headed out in the mud tracks to Hells Gate. We picked up frozen bread for $4, drinks, eggs and fuel (95c per litre) from Hells Gate Roadhouse....

Created: 24 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 5239

Gulf Country Day 62 - Lawn Hill to Borroloola

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We left Lawn Hill National Park around 8.45am bound for Doomadgee and later Hells Gate via a 4WD track though the Bowthorn Cattle Station....

Created: 23 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 8453

Gulf Country Day 61 - Kurumba to Lawn Hill

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Ken and Irene left this morning to begin their trip back home to Ballarat. We have been invited to drop in and stay with them on our way through although we haven't planned if we are even going to ...

Created: 22 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 5058

Gulf Country Day 60 - Kurumba to Lawn Hill

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Today David and I set off fairly early (9am) for a walk to the Island Stack which is the highest peak in the area. The walk was a steep rock climb and I was amazed that I made it to the top before ...

Created: 21 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 4695

Gulf Country Day 59 - Kurumba to Lawn Hill

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This morning we met Irene and Ken around 8.30am and walked the 100m or so down the track. Here in the clearning besides the river was a friendly gentlemen from Adels Grove (the private camping ...

Created: 20 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 5565

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