El Questro

Haven’t been in a camp with so many people for a vey long time. However this is definitely not any sort of caravan park. Everyone here has had to get here through a few creek crossings on a dirt road, so at the vey least vehicles, vans & campers are dirty. The park sits over the Pentecost and Chamberlain Rivers, with the Cockburn Range to the north.
There is a lot of water in the rivers and creeks. There could be more coming because there are some thunderstorm activity.
We completed the El Questro Gorge walk today, a Grade 5, boulder hopping, creek bed climb, to a swimming hole under a waterfall. Beautiful clear, shaded waters. The gorge is so deep that the sun barely penetrates to the floor of the gorge. The drive to the gorge was a bit fun with a deep and long water crossing done in both directions.
In summary I am not a fan of sharing the place with so many people (we did manage to arrive on a WA long weekend), but I am totally in love with the landscape. Wait. Perhaps that’s the reason for the crowd.
El Questro is the start of our Gibb River Road adventure, and we are hoping for other jewels like this.Read more