The Gibb!

Some photos from the notorious road! We’ve been told millions of times to drive to the conditions and we’d be fine. Totally true, however.. the driving became a bit nerve wrecking pretty early as we had a deep cut in the car tyre - superglued in Fitzroy Crossing (and lasted us through all the razor sharp rocks of the Gibb!!); the girls both got sick and coughed their lungs out - day in day out in thick red dust was not ideal at all; and daily issues with the van battery not charging - probably too much dust in the connectors. The places we saw along the road were really amazing and remote, some one must earn to access and get to see. A real pity about the sick kids as they were not keen to move and walk to these gorges, let alone jump in the refreshing pools and have some splashing fun.

During the long drives we listened to all of our downloaded kid podcasts which saved the day, and managed to spot a bit of wild life, including a black snake, wallabies, lizards, frogs, wild horses and countless cows wondering around and crossing the road as they pleased. Overall, the Gibb was definitely worth it and we got to appreciate even deeper the smooth bitumen roads were lucky to travel on in our everyday lives.Leggi altro