We were up relatively early, caffeinated, packed up and headed off up the Gibb River Road. When we ran out of bitumen we stopped and let about 10 psi out of the tyres to make it better on the dirt road. Along the way we came across two vehicles towing that had stopped with a flat tyre after checking to see if they were ok we continued on westwards. We crossed the Pentecost River which was wide but not very deep.
Morning tea/early lunch was had at the Durack River where after driving up the sandy river bed for a bit we found a nice spot next to water to pull over.
Then it was westwards again past the Kalumburu turnoff and onto the Mount Barnett Roadhouse where we refueled and then came back east 30 odd Kms to the Barnett River Gorge turnoff and we headed in there for a walk, a swim and to camp the night.
The Gibb River Road was pretty good so far, with only a couple of rough spots and corrugations. The walk was a bit confusing as the sign and the directions weren't that good so instead of the 1 km return walk to the plunge pool we ended up doing the 3 km return Gorge top walk. The pool at the end of the gorge walk wasn't that deep but it made for a very pleasant spot for a swim to wash the dust of several days travel off. While there we saw a couple of freshwater Crocs sunning themselves on the rock. 😊
On the walk back we got a tad lost for awhile but ended up finding the track again and then finding another great swimming hole, so we had to have another dip.
Back at camp we set the cars up in a nice flat spot and then rehydrated while lazing around. There were a couple of wallabies feeding not too far away so we watched them. As the sun went down Shane got the fire going and then proceeded to not quite char another two sausages. We sat around the fire for awhile writing up our blogs and chatting before retiring to bed early. Tomorrow we are heading to Mount Elizabeth station where we hope to head down the Munja Track to Walcott Inlet.
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