The girls put their togs on and swam/walked the couple of kilometres upstream on the Barnett River to the Manning Gorge. Bruce and I managed a swim in the river at the caravan park, did a bit of washing, Bruce …
Monthly Archives: January 2021
Day 9 Manning Gorge caravan park/Mount Barnett roadhouse
Thanks to Jerry and his Toyota Troopie, Bruce and I were in at the Manning Gorge caravan park yesterday.
Today Christine and Linda rode in having spent an extra 100 kms and a day on the road as they were …
Day 8 Kalumbaru turnoff to Mount Barnett/Manning Gorge 127 km (21 km bike, 106 km Jerrys troopie)
We rolled down the bitumen off the hill to the Gibb River which was a nice start to the day. Once off the bitumen (which is only on the steep bits) we were back onto the gravel, moderate corrugations and …
Day 6 Ellenbrae Station rest and wait
Well, the suspense is over. I have come to terms with what went wrong back at the Pentecost River and up to Ellenbrae homestead to the point that I can share it with my friends.
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