Day 82 – 9th August – El Questro

I thought I would continue to share my view over my morning coffee.  You know you’re close to civilisation and not in the bush anymore when this is your view…  The promotional blurb on all the El Questro signs says, “A million acres of wilderness”.  Apparently with a million acres you can’t afford to give people too much space in the campground… 

We had time for a couple more adventures before we packed up and left El Questro.  First up the kids learned how to ride a horse.  This was not the usual sit-on-a-horse-while-we-lead-you-around-by-a-rope type of ride.  They actually taught the kids how to hold the reins, how to turn the horses and how to make them start and stop walking.

Here’s Megan learning how to turn 

Here’s Aiden’s I’m-not-so-sure-about-this look 

After their lesson they headed out for a wander through the paddocks

By the end even Aiden was relaxed enough to enjoy himself 

Another quick visit to Zebedee Springs then at last it was time to not only leave El Questro, but to leave the Gibb River Road.  

The Gibb River Road is about 650km from one end to the other.  We have spent exactly four glorious weeks driving a whopping 2800km in our quest to see everything between Derby and Kununurra.

Here’s our ‘Top 5 on the Gibb’ list:

1)      Manning Gorge

2)      El Questro Gorge

3)      Bell Gorge
4)      Zebedee Springs

5)      Dave & Aiden – Galvin’s Gorge / Sara & Megan – Mornington & Charnley River Wilderness Camps

After 2800km of lumpy, bumpy, dusty, gravel roads we are finally on the bitumen again…