We set off on the Gibb River Road. As I said before, we had done a bit of this previously on a tour, now we were doing it on our own. We had a near miss on the first day which I’ve talked about in the previous post. Leaving that aside, it was an interesting drive. We came upon the rough road sooner than I expected but John deflated the tyres a bit and later we put the car into four wheel drive.

It was my turn to drive and it was only supposed to be an easy short drive but turned out to be five hours, and my first time driving through creeks. Luckily the deepest creeks were about half a metre so it wasn’t too bad.

We pulled off the road towards the Silent Grove camping area near Bell’s Gorge.  It was late afternoon and we were surprised at how busy it was. However, we managed to find a nice shady spot. It was a lovely campsite. After the rough road and the near miss, we were happy to stay for two nights. We were both exhausted from the day so ended up having cheese and biscuits then going to bed around 6pm! Of course, we are both doing lots of reading but I doubt either of us read more than a chapter before falling asleep!

Bell’s Gorge

We made an early start the next morning driving 10kms to Bell’s Gorge. John drove and had only one creek crossing. Since we hit the Kimberley, the weather has been just over 30 degrees every day. We parked the car and began the very manageable walk to the gorge. Much of the walk was along a babbling stream and it was so peaceful. Just the noise of the water and the birds. We remembered the walk and the gorge from our Kimberley Wild trip in 2017 but it didn’t detract from the beauty. It was just lovely and some visitors (not us) took a swim. We sat in the shade for a while just enjoying the ambience of the gorge then we slowly made our way back to the car.

This was the first time (12th June) since we left Dongara on 21st May, that we had the rest of the day to relax. We sat in the shade to read, ate lunch and pottered around. It was perfect. When it cooled down, we took a short walk along a track beside the Silent Grove Creek. Then it was time for a (cold) shower and happy hour!