Day 18 - El Questro, 15th July 2025

 We left Hone Valley early as we wanted to do Emma Gorge on the way into El Questro. 



First up though was crossing the Pentacost River which was nowhere near as bad as I imagined. It wasn’t very deep and there was not a croc in sight! Fun though!





The hike to Emma Gorge was listed as 3.4 kilometres and grade 4 and was probably the hardest so far. It was a very rocky walk up, not much sand and mostly just climbing over loose rocks.




At the end of the walk we were rewarded with a beautiful, enclosed gorge with a spectacular waterfall. The water was again, Kimberley cool,  but there were some warm spots underneath the rocks. The waterfall, height of the rocks and the lush, green plants around made this my absolute favourite so far! It was just beautiful!






On the way back Steve got his foot caught and came down hard twisting his knee and hurting his big toe! It was a slow and painful walk down and we were all happy to see the end of the rocks.

We rewarded ourselves at the Emma Gorge resort with a drink and some lunch. It was delicious and lovely sitting in the shade under the trees.


Headed into El Questro to check in and then headed out to our campsite. We are on Eagle, one of the private camping sites about five kilometres away from the station.  No showers here (you can drive back in) and only a drop toilet but well worth it for the serenity! We have a huge big site, all three of us fit on with heaps of room and we are camped right on the Pentacost River. It is really hot so sucks a little that we can’t just jump in but the risk of crocs is too great! 







Rach & Shaun went in for showers, Amanda set up the camping shower and we showered in our bathers! Nothing like it!!


The boys went and got some firewood  so after dinner we sat around the campfire and watched the stars! It is really peaceful and always feels much later than it is. The sun set at 5.40pm so after that it is pretty dark. 







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