Gibb River Rd – King Edward River, Mitchell Plateau – 9 to 12 August 2010

The road into Drysdale Station is not great, but as we wanted to see the Mitchell Plateau and Falls we traveled the next 105km so we could camp at King Edward River. [ Collect firewood on the way in as this is a National Park.] Starting very early we drove the 87km up to the Mitchell Falls for the day and then back to King Edward River for dinner.
At the Mitchell Falls we chose to walk from the information bay to the top of the falls.

After the Little Mertens Fall’s we missed the turn to the Rock Art so John walked the two kilometers back in order to photograph it, before we walked on to the Big Mertens Falls.

At the top of the falls we had our lunch and a swim before taking the Sling Air Mudcrab helicopter flight back to the information bay, via the JCR and Lower Mitchell Falls. This let us see the Mitchell River winding its way to the sea in the Cambridge Gulf near Wyndham. Most people we talked to took the helicopter up and walked back, but we would highly recommend this way of doing it as it means the glorious view and easy trip back is saved for last.


We liked the King Edward River Campsite and we stayed an extra day here. We did a walk to their tiny waterfall, swam in the plunge pool and showered in the waterfall. This was a splendiferous end to a lovely camp.