Monday 21st to Wednesday 23rd July

Happy Birthday Jacob!

 Monday 21st to Wednesday 23rd July
 

An early pack up saw us on the road by 7am and an unceremonious start to Jacob’s 14^th birthday! We turned off the GRR after about 60km and onto the Kulumbaru Road, promising Jacob that we would stop for a famous Kimberly burger at Drysdale station as a birthday treat. The road was rough but not as bad as we had imagined but Drysdale was a welcome sight! They opened the kitchen especially for us and we had burgers all round by 10.30am, and they definitely deserve there reputation as the best in the Kimberly! Fed and watered we pressed onto the Mitchell Plateau a further 100km  on increasingly corrugated and rocky roads. Before pulling into the King Edward River campgrounds we negotiated our biggest river crossing yet and gave the car a welcome wash!

 

The King Edward River camp was great, fantastic swimming in the river and our own personal waterfall! It certainly rates as our favourite spot yet.

 Mitchell Falls

The following day we set off to see the famous Mitchell Falls, the highest waterfall in WA and part of the classic Kimberly vista. The drive out was notoriously rough and it was a hair-raising 2 hour drive over severe corrugations, washouts and pot holes. The 3km walk in to the falls was beautiful and lush. The Mitchell Plateau is a testament to the powerful and rugged forces of nature that have ravaged the area and created such stunning ravines and waterfalls. We enjoyed swimming in the croc free upper pools and took an awesome helicopter transfer back.

 

Rough Road

The journey took its toll on the car, first the radio antennae broke followed by the air conditioning which made for a hot and tedious return trip. However, spotting the skull and horns of a cow cheered everyone up and it was duly collected along with wood for the campfire that night! Happy days!!