Gibb River Rd - Drysdale Station – 8 to 9 August 2010

From Mt Elizabeth we drove to Drysdale River Station, a fully working Station. This is a very efficient and impressive operation, with an attached camp ground, shop,[with minimal but adequate food to purchase] fuel pumps and cafe. The cafe’s specialty is the Kimberley Hamburger [with the lot!] which makes a great lunch.

As we like to support these local stations, we also had dinner there.
Dinner is the same meal as is served to the Station hands, which gives the opportunity to talk to the locals [including the truck drivers] around the bar before dinner. This is a great place to pick up local information on road conditions and hear the local gossip. Stations like this one remind us of medieval castles, totally self sufficient communities.
This is the Gibb river crossing on the road to Drysdale Station.