Matthew Chapman

This morning we crossed the Pentecost River, the widest river crossing on the Gibb. It was a pretty low tide when we woke up, so we packed up as quickly as we could.
It felt like we were the first ones there. We got out to have a look as it was hard to see how deep it would be at the other side. Luckily someone else turned up and came across, so we knew it was ok.
Once across we turned to drive alongside the river and drove across the sandy banks to find a spot for Matt to go fishing. He'd heard this was the spot to catch Barramundi. Didn't have any luck and instead he got covered in flies. Rosie enjoyed hitting Matt with a stick to scare them off. We did find a snakeskin though which was pretty cool.
Drove on to El Questro, one of the largest stations / campsites on the Gibb, and it seems like the most commercial one. We arrived in time to do Zebedee springs, where small waterfalls drop into warm pools, surrounded by palms. Rosie enjoyed clambering up the little falls with Matt and Poppy had a great time splashing and waving at people.
We grabbed some sandwiches at the main campsite then headed off to do the El Questro gorge walk. It was tricky like people had said, with rocks to walk over nearly the whole way, apart from when you had to walk through the river. Rosie did well, but was pretty tired by the end. We stopped at a pool just before the halfway pool, had a snack and watched the fish before heading back. It was a stunning walk. The green of the palm trees contrasted with the red rock of the gorge walls which towered next to us. Just beautiful :)
We decided as we'd done the main things we wanted to do at El Questro, we would head back to the banks of the Pentecost River to camp there for the night. More natural setting, but it did mean putting up with more flies!Læs mere