Gibb River Rd – Home Valley Station – 13 to 16 August 2010

From Ellenbrae we drove to Home Valley Station, getting our first puncture of the trip, either pure luck or a credit to John’s careful driving.




The views on the road across the Pentecost River Valley were stunning.

Home Valley is run by the Indigenous Land Council and at the moment is run by aboriginal and white managers.

Home Valley Station featured extensively in the Film Australia, the Pentecost River is the boundary between it and the nearby El Questro Station. It runs training courses for aboriginals who wish to work in tourism or as land managers.

It has an attractive campsite with power and occasional Telstra NextG reception from Wyndham. There is guaranteed internet reception higher up the hill at the Home Valley lookout. We were able to get our tyre fixed here, a sort of comfort as the tyre repairer told us they had seen people puncture 3 tyres in 20 minutes.
We had dinner in the dining room, and did a tour of  the Station with one of the original owners.

Later we had sunset drinks and enjoyed the changing color of the rocks through the sunset.
The skies at night are beautiful here.