Sunday 19th July 2009 – El Questro to Home Valley Station

08:50, 120416 – Leaving El Questro
Thoughts of El Questro, So much to do but too much hiking to do it. We are gorged out at the moment and this seems to be a common problem in this area. We were very surprised that such a large resort had no internet access. El Questro seems to be about maximum cost for minimum services.

Leaving El Questro

09:40, Pentecost River Crossing

10:00, 120465 – Home Valley Station

This station was suggested by other campers as better value than El Questro so we gave it a try. It is only 49k further into the Gibb River Rd and the facilities, including wireless internet, were much better and a lot cheaper.

Bindoola Bush camp is another option to the main camping ground but as far as bush camps go, this is 5 star. The camp is on the bank of the tidal Pentacost river, has shelters, showers, toilets, water and fireplaces.

While we were there we got a great shot of one of the many eagles flying over.

We drove out to the local lookout to watch the sunset, great lookout over the Cockburn Range, but there was too much dust in the air from all the travellers along Gibb River Road so the photos are a bit fuzzy. We also saw flocks of crows flying home to roost for the night. We actually had Telstra internet here so we stayed for a while longer to do a bit of loggng.