From Perth to Kununurra, via the Gibb River Road, for the 2007 Australian Safari.
The drive north was uneventful and, apart from a stop at Yannerie Pool, I recorded only the Gibb River Road portion of the trip.
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- Yannerie Pool
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- Yannerie Pool
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- Yannerie Pool
The Willare Bridge Roadhouse is immediately on the north side of the mighty Fitzroy River, 30 kilometres before the Great Northern Highway and the Derby Highway divert.
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- Minnie River at Willare.
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- Willare Bridge Roadhouse
The Gibb River Road turnoff is a further 36 kilometres north on the Derby Highway.
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- Start of the Gibb River Road.
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- Boab prison tree at the start of the Gibb River Road.
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- Termites mounds near the start of ‘the Gibb’.
The iconic Windjana Gorge is 128 kilometres to the east. This is an easily accessible gorge in the Napier Range that has been carved through the ancient Devonian reef by the Lennard River.
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- Kim Howard at Windjana Gorge.
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- Windjana Gorge
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- Windjana Gorge
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- Windjana Gorge
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- At Windjana Gorge.
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- Windjana Gorge
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- Windjana Gorge
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- Windjana Gorge
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- At Windjana.
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- At Windjana.
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- Little Corellas
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- Little Corellas
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- Little Corellas
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- Johnston freshwater crocodiles.
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- Crocodylus Johnstoni
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- ‘Freshies’
The turnoff to Bell Gorge is about 95 kilometres from Windjana turnoff. Bell Gorge is probably the most famous of the gorges along the Gibb.
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- On the walk into Bell Gorge.
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- Kim Howard approaching Bell Creek.
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- Bell Creek
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- The falls at Bell Gorge.
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- Bell Gorge
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- Bell Gorge downriver from the falls.
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- Bell Gorge
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- Safe enough.
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- Fairly big drop.
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- In the King Leopold Ranges.
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- Along the Gibb.
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- Kalumburu Turnoff
At the top of the hill overlooking Home Valley Station I got out from behind the wheel to take a break from driving. As I walked around the back of the vehicle Kim said, “We’ve got a flat!”. I said, “Yeah, I know.” He said, “No, not that side, this side.” I said, “This side!” We had two flats.
Changed them both and as Kim walked past front of the vehicle he said, “Hey, have a look at this.” There was a tech screw in the left front tyre. What luck. We crawled into HVS and I bought new tyres all round.
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- Towards Home Valley Station.
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- Kim Howard at the Pentecost River.
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- Pentecost River crossing.
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- Zebedee Hot Springs
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- Cockburn Range
We drove into Kununurra for the start of the 2007 Australian Safari – the first in Western Australia.
© Kim Epton 2007-2019
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