Time to head down some of the famous Gibb River Road, we have heard so many things, when we talked to people about going to El Questro, they all carried on about how bad it was and don't tow the boat there, well we did and what a shock, the road down to the El Questro turn off was all sealed, only 16km of dirt road, and that was no where near as bad as Tamala Station road.
We went straight to the El Questro township, as they call it, it is the caravan park, shop, bar and restaurant, they also take bookings for helicopter flights, some include fishing trips, $1000 each for the day, we didn't go or on the half day either. There are boat cruises, horse rides, 4wd tours or tag along 4wd, scenic flights with small plane and helicopter.
The place is setup beautifully, big shady areas, there are private campsites further up the river if people want to pay a little more, bungalows at the station house for I believe $2000 a night and of course the eco tents at Emma Gorge.
After we set up we started walking up to champagne springs, it was a 10km return trip which was to take between 4 and 6 hours, the trail led along the river with large clear water pools, it was quite rocky and we knew we were doing it, we went past half way and decided we had better turn back or get caught in the dark.
Tonight they held a gourmet bbq, first time out for dinner since we left and it was delicious, the beer was the first one dince Broome, yum.
There was a young guy to entertain, he was a singer and guitar, mandolin and bango player, boy could he play.
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