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Gibb River Road Part 2: East Kimberley and Mitchell Plateau

While the western portion of the Gibb River Road has most of the well-known highlights of the area, the eastern section has some iconic gems too. And to top it off, the Mitchell Plateau, home of Mitchell Falls, is the most spectacular of them all. MITCHELL PLATEAU For those with

Gibb River Road Part 1: West Kimberley (and Horizontal Falls)

The Gibb River Road, also known as the Gibb or GRR, is the most iconic track of the Kimberley. Once (and to a lesser degree, still) a stock route for cattle stations to the port towns of Derby and Wyndham, the Gibb is 660 kilometres of remote wilderness, showcasing some

Purnululu National Park: Behind The Scenes

During our travels we have been involved with volunteering for Nationals Parks in South Australia and Western Australia. It started out as an opportunity to give back during what we correctly assumed would be a lot of time spent in national parks, but what we didn’t realise is that it

A Wanderer’s Guide to: Kununurra and Lake Argyle

During our time in Broome, we kept coming across people raving about a town in the East Kimberley called Kununurra, and the general consensus was “You’ll love it!” When we started going a bit stir-crazy in Broome due to the lack of camping and swim spots available in the wet

Broome and Dampier Peninsula

After Exmouth, we had a decision to make: do we head south (to where we had already been) to more pleasant summer climates but also more crowds, or do we embrace the hot, humid weather of a wet season in Northwest Australia? We chose the latter, so after a visit