May 2016 - 30/5/16
We travelled to El Questro Station with Bruce & Chris
which is a well-publicised, commercial tourism operation on the Gibb River
road. It looked flash and our finances were accosted with a price tag to go
with the looks.
It was a similar setup to other locations we had encountered
in the last couple of weeks with a reasonable amount of driving required to
view the areas attractions, followed by walking trails of various levels of
difficulty.
Very rewarding was a walk along Emma Gorge with cliff face
escarpments on both sides finishing at a beautiful pool at the base of a 120
metre water falls. The water was crystal clear with a refreshing chill factor
when we immersed our bodies into the pool cooling down our bodies before the
return hike back to the vehicle parking area.
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| Another water crossing into El Questro Station with caravan in tow |
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| Hike into Emma Gorge |
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| Hike into Emma Gorge |
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| Amazon woman - Emma Gorge |
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| Emma Gorge |
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Emma Gorge full of photographers
With the model
The water in Emma Gorge was crystal clear where you could still see Mary under the surface.
 A couple of photographs of Steve practicing his modelling skills  
Over the last week we had become aware that our caravan
batteries were not holding the normal level of charge, dropping to levels we
had never seen before. Everything still seemed to be operating correctly with a
full day’s sun shining on our solar panels charging the batteries.
El Questro campground had a covering of lush green grass
under large trees providing shade over most of the camping area. We managed to
set up camp in an area where we were able to obtain a couple of hours a day of
full sun to help with the charging of our batteries.
Our second night at El Questro the charge in our batteries dropped
so low that we had to turn off our fridge. In the morning Steve and Bruce spent
a couple of hours assessing the batteries finding one battery was unable to
hold any charge which would have been draining the power from the other
batteries. The offending battery was disconnected and we got our generator out
to recharge the other batteries. In all the years of our travels around
Australia our new unused generator finally got put to use. It took several
hours for our remaining three batteries to get back up to full charge and they
took up the task, providing the power to run our caravan. The generator was
packed away again, hopefully for a few more years.
Once our battery issues were resolved we resumed enjoying
the scenery of El Questro.
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Saddleback Ridge looking down at campground
   
We thoroughly enjoyed our time at El Questro extending our
planned 4 day stay to 6 nights. Some of the highlights for us, Emma Gorge,
Amalia Gorge, Zebedee Springs where hot water flows through several pools to
bathe those weary bodies, El Questro Gorge, Chamberlain Gorge with a boat
cruise along Chamberlain River, Saddleback Ridge lookout, Pigeon Hole Lookout, bathing
in the many water holes which became a ritual on all our gorge walks, El
Questro happy hours with live entertainment and of course the many dips in the
campground water hole.
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