Late start this morning as running repairs were required for the Ultimate outlet water tap.
We explored the Wyndham area first, checking out the port, the historic museum in the old courthouse and The Residency , the ruins of a house that was built for the magistrate in 1888 but was never occupied because of its remote location and fear of hostile aboriginals in the area
We drove out towards Diggers Rest to have a look at the Prison Tree
the Moochalabra Dam (the local area water supply) and the unusual aboriginal cave paintings depicting Wandjini figures ancestral rain spirits with distinctive halo like headdresses as well as mysterious Bradshaw paintings.
We then had to go back into Wyndham to get onto the Gibb River Road as the King River Road was closed. Finally we hve reached the Gibb River Road but what an anticlimax. The famous El Questro Wilderness Park was our first destination on the Gibb River Road and a lot of the road to there was surfaced!
We arrived at The Township of El Questro in the late afternoon fully expecting all the private campsites to be taken but we were in luck. Not only were they not all full but we managed to get a nice big one with plenty of shade, close to the river Pentecost. – No 15 Brolga for those that know El Questro
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