Mornington Wilderness Park

After two night at Manning Gorge we headed off to Mornington. The ninety Kilometers of entrance road from the Gibb River Road was for the most part exceptionally good. However, we still passed three vehicles with shredded tyres??? So far we have not suffered anything but a lot of tyre wear from the rough roads and this is a marvell considering what we have seen and heard off as happening to others. At Mitchell Falls there was one hapless driver with his bullbar strapped to the roof racks.

The landscape leading into Mornington was absolutely stunning, and only got better as we drove around their access tracks.
 

We dragged our canoe down a steep and rocky goat track into Dimond Gorge, shot rapid which we later had to drag the canoe back up, and exhilirated, went on to a glorious day exploring the beautiful water way. We enjoyed a nice feed of barramundi at the restaurant, and spent three very relaxing nights.

Next we visited Charnley Station. This was not quite so serene as the camp site adjoins the station generator which is turned on at 6am, and sometimes is turned off at 10pm.  The rivers were not much more than trickles with the dry season setting in, but we still discovered some lovely places to visit.