STATION STAYS KIMBERLEY STYLE

With last minute shopping and refuelling done and dusted at Derby, we headed out of town a short distance and turned onto the Gibb River Road. While it’s a road we’ve been travelling for many years, the excitement as we start an adventure is something that never wanes.

Leaving Derby, it’s a little over 100km of bitumen before finally reaching the dirt. After pulling over to let some air out of the tyres, we hit the dirt and happily watched a cloud of dust kick up behind us. We visited four stations this trip, taking in two on the Gibb’s western end and two on the east.

MOUNT HART WILDERNESS LODGE

One thing about the stations along the Gibb is they’re each that bit different, including Mount Hart. Its location alone — on the Gibb’s western end in the rugged King Leopold Ranges within a conservation park — sees this station stay unique.