Aug 28
Last day at El Questro today. We started out late and didn’t end up doing much.
Kel & I went up to the station to get some washing done … and that was about it.
The day was spent pottering around the van, lazing in the sun, floating down the river, catching up on the diaries. Not much! Until the afternoon, anyway…
Aug 27
Not up quite so early today. I think we managed a sleep-in until about 7am.
An early morning float in the river before breakfast and a bit of a sun soak saw us getting ready to start the days activities about 10am.
Aug 26
Up early this morning to go to Zebedee Springs. These are only open to the riff raff (general public = us) from 7am until 12pm. After that they are reserved for tours and homestead guests.
The springs themselves are fed from an underground source and are at about 25-32 degrees all year round. They were fairly busy but we had no trouble finding a spare spot to lie in and soak up the natural spa.
Aug 25
With nothing to hang around for at the roadhouse, we got going pretty quickly this morning. Too quickly as it turned out. We left behind the doormat. Amazingly this is the first time we’ve left anything behind. Kids might be next…
We’d only been on the road for about an hour when we got to the infamous Gibb River Road. The Tanami was supposed to be the road that shook up the suspension. Gibb River was supposed to be the tyre shredder.