23rd & 24th June 2014 Victoria River Roadhouse

After leaving Big Horse Creek we stopped at Timber Creek for fuel and some gas, the gas was $36 for a 9kg, we paid $40 for the same size st Carnarvon, the fuel was $1.92L the station within s hundred yards was $2.05L, it pays to check everything.
We were headed for Victoria River Roadhouse Caravan Park, on the way we had a dingo cross the road in front of us, it is the second dingo we have seen, the dingo crossed not far from the turnoff for the old Victoria River crossing, we drove down to the crossing for a look and could track several dingo that had been in the area.
When we got to the caravan park it was a nice surprise only $25 for a powered site, still no phone or Internet though, there is a bar and cafe at the roadhouse and the caravan park is very spacious, amenities clean.
The first night we had dinner at the cafe with another couple we met, they wanted some information on places to go to on the way down to Perth.
Woken up to the sound of a helicopter taking customers out for an early morning flight, beautiful day for it, we decided after breakfast to walk down to the river where the boat ramp is, someone told us it was approx 5km return.
Walking down the road the colours of the rangers in the morning light are magnificent, I have aways thought that the best area of the Kimberly was up here near Victoria River.
When we got to the river, (it was a lot further than we had been told,) there was information there telling us of a purple crested wren that lived in the area,  so I had to wander around and have a look, no luck.
As we walked we were looking for good places to fish, before we knew it we were a long way down the river, we had found some great fishing spots, we decided to follow the river down to the camp rather than back out on the road.
This was a bit of a mistake as when we got a good distance down we had to head back up to go around a tributary, things weren't so bad till we got around the tributary, then the going got so hard, prickles, spiders so thick at times it was hard to find a way through.
Three hours later we arrived back at camp, we had found some fantastic fishing spots but we were both so knackered we looked at each other and said NO, there wasn't any way we were going back there.