Up before light this morning so that we could get packed up before it got too hot again and so that we could get to Zebedee Springs before all the crowds. We weren’t as early at the springs as we had hoped but it was in fact perfect timing. A tour group was just leaving the area when we arrived there, so we had the whole springs to ourselves for about an hour.
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Our last stop in the park was at Emma Gorge. We probably did the walk into the gorge later in the day than was preferable as it was pretty hot, but it was still well worth it. Some very interesting wave rock specimens along the creek bed
and more refreshing pools at the end of the walk.
Picnic lunch at the resort there and then back onto the Gibb, crossing the Pentecost yet again with the ridges of the Cockburn ranges behind
and on to Home Valley for the night. What a place – we are actually camping on GREEN GRASS, what a respite from all the dust and dirt and dead grass we have been camping on.
They call it Home Valley Outback Oasis and an oasis it is. Quite a hub too, there was a wedding with the bride and groom coming down from Kalumburu and we also met a group cycling from Darwin to Broome that were camped here for the night. We nearly lost John who was sorely tempted to join them.
Brett wants to know how long would that ride take! They would have to have support cars wouldn't they!
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We ended up meeting up with the cyclists several times on the rest of our trip. They did have support vehicles and they didn't actually cycle all the way. We think that they cycled along most of the gravel though
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