Old Mornington & Kalumburu

Hi Willem,

Thanks for the feedback. Will check out Carson River Station to King George Falls. A neighbour did this about 10 years ago and showed me his home movie on the trip. Looks great! I'll keep an eye out for your article on your web-site.

:o) Melissa

Thanks Barry,

Mitchell Falls is definitely on the agenda and we'll now include Old Mornington and Kalumburu. What facilities are there at Honeymoon Bay Camp?

:o) Melissa

Melissa

You will need a permit to stay at Kalumburu which we obtained at the council on arrival. At that time there were only three places for camping. The town site, one other beach site which we did not go to because we were told the water supply was not good at that time and Honeymoon Bay which is about a 1/2 hour out of town. This camp has a unisex toilet block (we think one half must have been blown away)and power only when the generator is running. Some campers are lucky enough to stay in one of the sheds overlooking the bay but don't count on getting one. We found the owner Les French and family very friendly and helpful. Don't get too carried away with the name of the place, it is very basic.

We also enjoyed a drink and meal at Old Mornington. We found that some people were disappointed that the camp is not closer to the gorges but driving to them was part of the experience. You need at least two nights, three would be better. There are adequate showers there.

Thanks Coops,

I think we'll include them in our itinery now. Be silly to go all that way and miss them.

:o) Melissa

Melissa orCoops,
Where is Old Mornington?

Mal T.

Hi Mal,

Old Mornington is located on the Fitzroy River. Haven't got a decent map handy at the moment but from memory, the turn off is about 75km west of Mt Barnett Roadhouse (or 30km east of Bells Gorge t/o). From the turn off, it is about 100km's to the Old Mornington Camp.

Literature says it was a 1 million acre cattle property recently purchased by the Aust. Wildlife Conservancy who are gradually removing the cattle. There is supposed to be about 40 km of river frontage with excellent fishing and Sir John & Dimond Gorges.

:o) Melissa

Diamond Gorge was fantastic - hired a canoe and spent the whole day in it. Sir John Gorge was a waste of time I thought but others may disagree. Barramundi are caught at Cadgebut and that's a great spot for a picnic lunch if you're not a fisho. 4 days would be great at Old Mornington and the road in is no trouble at all.
Mal, Old Mornington is an Old Bush camp and is about 90km from the Mt House turnoff. Melissa's info is correct but I couldn't tell you if cattle are gone as yet. We made a tactical blunder in setting up our swag on the riverbank. Things got a little interesting about 0200 when a herd of cattle came in and were munching grass all around us. Just one of the unique things that can happen on Gibb River and we laugh regularly about it.

Hi Mal,

Old Mornington reserve camp is situated on Annie Creek so I think this is the one referred to on your map. However, there is also Morningtion Homestead located on the station property (not sure where exactly but not on Annie Creek). The homestead is not open to the public.

:o) Melissa

Hi Coops,

Might just take you up on the offer. Probably go up one way and back the other (ie. coastal and inland). Been years since we had a decent feed of muddies!

:o) Melissa