Friday the 12th of August 2022 – Kununurra, Western Australia

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The start of the Gibb River Road.

Today we headed off to the Gibb River Road to view the Pentecost River and visit El Questo Station. The Gibb River Road starts (Northern End) about 10 K’s from the intersection of the Victoria Hwy and the Great Northern Hwy, about 60 K’s from Kununurra. The GRR is an iconic road for all the campers, it stretches from near Derby in the south to near Kununurra in the north. Really its only for those with Off road trailers and vans, you basically are looking for problems with anything else.

This mountain range follows the GRR right down to the Pentecost River, about 40 K’s. The photo does not do it justice as its a huge range that the road follows.
The Pentecost River. We were told that there were two very large salties patrolling the waters around the crossing here and it would not be the place to camp besides the water.
A four wheel drive and off road van crossing the Pentecost on the GRR. It’s the dry season and the water level is reasonably low here making the crossing quite navigable.
The turn off to El Questro Station. Notice the range in the background. It was a 16 K drive on dirt road into ELQ, with 2 river crossings, one being the Pentecost River.
Susan at El Questro Station. We stopped here for lunch with Sue and Andrew.

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    Sue · August 13, 2022

    Hi Ray & Susan
    Really enjoying your travel blogs.
    We leave for Broome tomorrow (Sunday) and start our APT overland tour on Wednesday 17 August heading to Tunnel Creek. Our paths may cross along the GRR. Cheers Sue

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