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Little did I know that writing a travel blog is actually hard work. Taking pictures, notes, formatting pics, uploading, downloading, typing… hard to have any actual traveling left at the end of the day, I tell ya! So with the car in the workshop and close to another 20 pineapples down the drain, I have some time on my hands to update the blog and share a few pictures (if you’re not Australian, you have to do some googling on the pineapple part).

Track up to Mt Hart

So, the GIBB RIVER ROAD. What a crazy patch of land. To be honest with you (I’m always honest, honest), I expected it to be a lot worse. After having done a few 4WD tracks in the Victorian high country, one particular crazy trip on the Parmango Road in 2015 near Esperance and the Dampier Peninsula I expected “the Gibb” to be tougher.

Hula Sharon did not survive the drive, just like the handbrake and one rotor

Not to say I wasn’t positively surprised, the corrugations were still a pain and the seats in the Troopy are prone to cause some long-term damage to your body when spending too much time in them I suspect.

Aaaaanyway, here are some pictures with a few stories, I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed the experience in these first few days (more to follow!).

  Hundreds of termite mounds along the way

Big trough for stock just before Derby

Boab tree just before Derby with a sad story of serving as prison for indigenous people back in the days

Roads looking good for us

Woke up on the first morning and had a horse staring at the troopy

Boab trees found in the Kimberley region

Firewood is important! Try collecting it OUTSIDE of national parks

Red DUST everywhere

Dust and dust and dust

It’s not unusual to see cattle right on the road (and not moving for you either..)

We had no reception, so we tried the drone as cell phone tower – IT WORKED!!

Corrugated, dusty roads for miles and miles

Tunnel Creek entrance

Tunnel Creek – Exit

Tunnel Creek – View when looking up

Tunnel Creek midway point (collapsed)

This was only the first two days, into the Gibb River Road and Tunnel Creek. Here are another two days and then I’ll save the rest for a later post.

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Windjana Gorge entrance from the top

Freshwater croc sunbathing

Windjana Gorge

Windjana Gorge used to be an old old reef

Crocs can swim faster than you do

Damper made in camp oven is THE BEST!

Entrance to Windjana Gorge

Be croc smart!

Sooo many freshies

Little grub thingy

Freshwater crocs, only 3 metre away

Freshwater crocs, only 5 metres away

Freshwater crocodile and I

There’s many beautiful small things on the Gibb River Road!

Crocs look weird when walking!

Green buttock ants (I call them that, science probably doesn’t)

Millions sitting under a leaf, waiting for dinner > us.

Little crawling caterpillar

This legend! Was doing a charity run with 30 others along the Gibb on POSTIE BIKES!!

Windjana Gorge

The Gibb River Road

We had no reception, so we tried the drone as cell phone tower – IT WORKED!!

This rock looks like Queen Elizabeth apparently

Corrugated, dusty roads for miles and miles

I loooooove water crossings!

Strangler fig wrapped around old boab tree

Strangler fig wrapped around old boab tree

A good looking road to Mt Hart

This was Windjana Gorge, absolutely beautiful! And a short trip to Mount Hart. We didn’t stay there, just drove in, had a look around, quick dip and kept driving on, so much more to see!

Gibb River Road kick off. Troopy Adventure Time, Crocodiles and Windjana Gorge in Week 20 Little did I know that writing a travel blog is actually hard work. Taking pictures, notes, formatting pics, uploading, downloading, typing...

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