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The Kimberley: Day 6

Today we rocked up to El Questro station, or El Shiny Town as its also known. They have 1 million acres of land but only 8000 cattle which they move around randomly and pretend to be a working cattle station as opposed to the overpriced flashy resort they are so they don't lose their lease. Its...

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Koala Bear on July 22, 2007 from Gibb, Australia

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The Kimberley: Day 5

Today was relatively uneventful in that we spent most of the time on the bus driving back down from the Mitchell Plateau towards Drysdale station, the glorious oasis in the middle of the Kimberley with a bar and hot showers. It doesn't mean things didn't take a freaky turn for the weird, though....

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Koala Bear on July 21, 2007 from Drysdale, Australia

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Rest from the bumping

We spent four days in Derby at the Kimberley Entrance Caravan Park which was nice and relaxing after the Gibb River Road. Life is quite relaxing and we are still enjoying ourselves greatly. Our wedding anniversary was on the 20th of July and we all went out to dinner at the Boab Restaurant. ...

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michelle62 on July 21, 2007 from Derby, Australia

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The Kimberley: Day 4

One of the reasons I did this tour was because they went up to the Mitchell Falls, an amazing 4 tiered waterfall in one of the most remote parts of Oz. Not all tours do it because its hard on the vehicle and its a bloody long way. I reckon its worth it. I don't know what I expected from a...

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Koala Bear on July 20, 2007 from Mitchell Plateau, Australia

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The Kimberley: Day 3

Last night Glen had told us about a little problem he'd found with Betsy, his beloved bus. He enlightened us with load of mechanical jargon which went totally over my head and brought on the urge to wear pink and play with dolls like the girl that I am but the top and bottom of it was, the 4WD...

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Koala Bear on July 19, 2007 from Drysdale, Australia

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The Kimberley: Day 2

We were up before the sun this morning which was pretty much going to be the trend for most of the 12 days because, as Glen said, the Kimberley is all about the daylight hours and fitting as much in as possible. I made a point of ignoring the time. Fortunately I can sleep anywhere, even one of...

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Koala Bear on July 18, 2007 from Gibb, Australia

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The Kimberley: Day 1

I was determined not to get too pissed the night before this tour on account of the fact I had to socialise with a load of people I'd never met before the next day and I generally find this easier to do when I'm not vomiting on them. I was going to drink mid-strength beer and I'd be in bed...

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Koala Bear on July 17, 2007 from Windjana Gorge, Australia

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The Edge of Australia

We travelled to Kununurra and tried to ascertain the standard of the Gibb River Road as it had been closed only two weeks ago and impassable. We had positive feed back at Kununurra but decided to drive on to Wyndham before making our decision. We camped just out of Kununurra in a road side...

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michelle62 on July 17, 2007 from Wyndham, Australia

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What The Fuck??

So it rained last night. Rained. In Broome! During the height of the Dry!!!! Just my fucking luck!

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Koala Bear on July 16, 2007 from Broome, Australia

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Cape Leveque

I wasn't about to live in Broome for 2 months and not head up the Dampier Peninsula at least once to check out Cape Leveque. I was adamant that the Falcon could do the 200km 4WD recommended dirt and sand road but after Mick at work handed me a tow rope with the words "You'll probably need this...

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Koala Bear on July 15, 2007 from Dampier Peninsula, Australia

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