Gibb River Road

We had a great day circumnavigating the Cockburn Range on the Karunji Track. The range is right next to the Penticost River crossing. We travelled anticlockwise with the sun to our rear and thus giving us the best views of the range.

We got permission to follow the track and a map from Emma Gorge Resort.

Phil

Some more photos here: http://s905.photobucket.com/user/vk1dx/library/Karunji%20Track?sort=3&page=1



From the making of the movie "Australia".

Gidday

Travelled the Gibb River Road two weeks ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was my first visit so I wouldn't be so bold as to tell a four-timer where to go. I think I barely scratched the surface.

I will say it was very dry and dusty, more so that I expected. A few campgrounds were showing the wear and tear of a long tourist season.

It also was quite warm, with temperatures nudging 35C some days.

And the 4WD hire vehicle drivers lived up to their reputation. Some of them are a bit scary.

Cheers

Lennard Gorge is one of our favourites. It is less visited than most.
We used to spend the night at the end of the road right at the gorge, but I think they have stopped that now and you might need to walk the last bit.
Great swimming spot too.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

Did some of it last month. Lennard Gorge is now a 1.5km walk in and is up hill and down dale and was very warm when we did it.Adcock Gorge is very pretty and you can drive to within 10m of the water. Enjoyed Mornington Wilderness Camp but you need to pre-book. Charnley River has a very good camping area and in my mind easier accessed gorges to Mornington. Good swimming though at Mornington at Cadjeput & Bluebush. If you're into canoeing then you can hire canoes at Mornington. Mornington also has a bar and restaurant with a talk by an environmentalist at night that was extremely interesting. Fires and fishing aren't permitted at Mornington or Charnley River. Mornington provide gas BBQ's in a number of places with BBQ tables and benches and water taps. Good facilities as well. Charnley has a centralised BBQ and 2 ablution blocks. WFI is also available.
Galvans Gorge is always beautiful.
Bell Gorge had plenty of water flowing over the falls as well. The camping ground at Silent Grove has grown from when we were previously there and also more facilities.

One really pretty spot and well worth an overnight camp was at Donkey Creek, which wasn't named on my maps. We had lunch there and it was very nice in deed, plenty of shade, nice lily filled creek, flat and stacks of cleared ground for camping, whatever you style. From the number of old fire pits I'd say it was a popular spot with some.

Had to turn back at Mt Barnet as my rear long range tank got a fracture in it and was poring fuel. Found out when I'd just put 160L in it didn't I. The fracture was in an inaccessible spot so was a real bugger.

Road was a mixed bag with some really corrugated sections. We did the Karungi Track out of Wyndham and some how or another we ended up driving through the scarp on a rather interesting bit of track. got to the GRR at the Pentacost right on dark and then copped some horror corrugations, (always feel and look worse at night), from there to the bitumen at the EQ turn-off.



Enjoy the drive and everything you see along the way.

Dunc

We included Mitchell Falls and Kalumburu Nick. Have you been to these on your previous trips? Ten days is not long.

With this add on we spent over three weeks just seeing the basics of the Gibb River Road, and you have probably seen these all before. We joined the Gibb River Road via Tunnel Creek and Windjana Gorge rather than coming directly from Derby. We loved every bit of it and would enjoy the same places again.

Each of the station stays have their own attractions, but we only visited Charnley River Station.

Thanks for all the feedback, greatly appreciated.