Manning Gorge and Ellenbrae Station

Stayed overnight at Manning Gorge and in the morning we went down to the river for a swim. Such a beautiful spot. There's a sandy beach with pretty trees around providing dappled shade, so perfect for us and the girls.
There's a hike to Manning Gorge which starts with a walk and swim across the river, but we decided to have a play with the girls on the beach there instead. Rosie still had a go in the blue container 'boat' and we had a swim across the river and back.
So nice to have a hot shower and wash our clothes in the campsite's washing machine.
We headed on to Ellenbrae Station in the morning. The Gibb River Road is getting rockier now with worse corrugations. We saw the graders come along and they made the road much smoother for us though! Others at Manning Gorge had been stuck trying to do repairs. And we saw a caravan get towed away from My Barnett Station at lunchtime.
Ellenbrae Station was such a welcome surprise. We thought it would just be a handy place to stop, we were greeted by a tropical oasis.
We played by the river with the girls for a bit before dinner. Rosie made friends with an Aussie boy who's 3 and also liked collecting sticks for the fire!
They had lots of play time together in the morning too. It was very sweet listening to their conversations.
Overnight we were kept awake for a while by dogs howling (maybe Dingos?) and cows mooing. Both sounded very close, I'm sure they were in the campsite.Read more