Tour
We started with a grand tour of Broome picking up all 16 passengers, ending at the house of Simone, the owner of Adventure Wild. She wanted to take a group photo to put on Facebook, as this is the first tour of the season. There were none last year because of COVID. The tour is going in reverse order of what was first announced, because the Gibb River Road is still being graded after the wet season.
On the road, our first stop was Willare Bridge for refuelling. We were now in Boab country and there lots on both sides of the road after the Logue River. Plenty of water in that and also in the “mighty” Fitzroy. We stopped to admire the biggest Boab which is said to be 1500 years old.
We are now at Brooking Springs Station, which is on the road between Fitzroy Crossing and Geike Gorge. Our tents are already set up waiting for us, but most people headed straight for the billabong for a swim. It was heaven to cool off! Then there was a demo of how to open up and then close up the swag in the morning. No time to linger as we were soon off to Geike Gorge for a boat trip on the Fitzroy, which is the 2nd largest river in the world.
Small croc on a rock.
There is an inverter on the bus, so that in theory we can plug in our mobiles as we go along - but it’s currently out of action, so we are hoping that Thommo, our guide, can repair it while we are cruising the gorge. His wife, Gools, is back at camp getting our drinks iced ready for our return.
Dinner was Asian salad with chicken, followed by Rocky Road.
A good day!
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