Durack River

Most of the road was not too bad today although some of it was horrendous. There is bitumen when climbing hills which is a huge help. Apparently one day soon the Gibb is going to be all bitumen, I am glad we are getting to drive it as it is. Michelle radioed us to tell us to pull up 500mtrs down the road as she had seen on wiki camps there was a place of interest. Bindoola falls, just 200mtrs walk from the main highway. We all stopped to go have a look, it was an easy walk out to it and I am so glad Michelle had spotted it, we could have driven straight passed not knowing it was there. Of course being the dry season now the water was not running but it was stunning. Michelle and I just kept taking photos hoping it would show up as nice on them.

We got on our way again and after looking at a couple of possible free camps we plumbed for one next to the Durack River. Yeh another river with possible crocs. only difference is we were way above the river on a rocky cliff so I was happy. It was amazing to be camped beside this huge river just our three vans. Mick was soon out fishing and he caught something, a cat fish. Which he did eat for dinner.

Trevor gathered some great wood and built us a great fire, we all gathered for our usual pow wow of an evening deciding where to next. We decided it was such a nice spot we would have a day of leisure here tomorrow.

So many flies about I got Jock to put up the fly net gazebo. It was so nice to be able to sit in there and not get bothered by flies. Also the dogs did not need to be on a lead in there and we could be sure they were not picking up any baits. There were lots of birds about and a lazy day was had by all. Jock did some fishing, didn’t catch a thing, Mick caught another cat fish but decided to throw it back. I voiced to everyone that I would like another day here. I just love the setting and of course high enough from the water to be away from those crocs.

Michelle got the fire going tonight and we had our evening shesh. I had bought some powder to put into the fire to give it colourful flames for Emma, everyone enjoyed them.

We sat back and watched the stars pointing out where each constellation is and now and then watching a satellite pass by. Mick and Joy announced that they were breaking camp tomorrow and getting to Broome as soon as possible. A shame that the dream team was losing some team members but we understood that if they were not enjoying the adventure it was best they did what they wanted to. This is certainly not the kind of place to be if your not enjoying it.

Next morning we said goodbye to Joy and Mick, they said they would see us in Broome. We stayed put and enjoyed another relaxing day by the river. Michelle made us all pancakes for breakfast, after all it is sunday, it seems this has become another one of our habits this trip. We chatted about what we wanted out of the trip and where we wanted to go. We all agreed a slower pace. Michelle and I were going to do a flight over Mitchele falls and a bungle bungles helicopter flight but we have decided to ditch those two and go for just one special day trip to the Horizontal Falls. We have not set it in concrete but it is a plan in the making, cost is probably the biggest consideration. Tomorrow we would get up and when we are ready drive on to the Gibb River free camp.