What a lovely place to wake up - paperbark trees, bird sounds of all varieties, sand underfoot and remnants of last night's fire.
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Stuck
We headed off towards Barnett River
Gorge, 173km of more corrugations. We had a fair amount of muddy puddles along the track and just past
the gorge turnoff Mark had to snatch us out of a
mud hole we'd slipped into.
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Calvinsgorge
We continued along a few more kilometres to a
campsite beside the Barnett River and then over some
rock steps to a
rock plateau where we could drive no further.
From here we followed
cairns to the Barnett River
Gorge itself - about an hour's walk rewarded by cool flowing water.
That afternoon we explored more tracks and found a fabulous
campsite with plenty of shade. This was the lower part of the Barnett River and was quite narrow at the point where we camped. Across the bank was a beautiful
boab tree throwing its own reflection on the river.
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boab tree
For dinner we cooked Lamb Rogan Josh curry.