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The Kalumburu Road heading north has been a lot rougher, with lots of big corrugations, especially between the Gibb River and Drysdale Station. We stopped for a few days at the King Edward River campground so that we could explore the Mitchell Plateau and see the well known 'Mitchell Falls'. We also needed to attend to a few repairs which I'll mention later. The campground is right next to the King Edward River which was perfect to have a dip in on these hot days. We did a day trip into the Mitchell Falls - 80km by car each way on the corrugated road through some picturesque forests of Livistonia palms. Then it's a 3km walk each way which took about 1 and half hours each through a lovely rocky landscape. On the way, you hike by the Little Merten Falls and Big Merten Falls and then arrive at the top of the Mitchell Falls. After that, the boots are off to cross over the flowing water and then a walk over rocks to a magnificent view of one of the most amazing falls you've ever seen! Four drops into pools below and views from lots of different locations along the rocky escarpment. A bit scary sitting on the rocky edge so high up! For $130 you could have a 6 minute helicopter ride back to the car, however the whole experience of just being right there in the midst of this amazing landscape was enough for us to enjoy.
Miracles in the outback: It's amazing how God works his miracles and knows our needs before we do! Unfortunately, Royce & Sheryl's fridge door managed to fall off and the entire contents of their fridge and freezer ended up strewn throughout the caravan! Disaster and despair, as we were a long way from any services of any kind and about to cross a river! In addition, Sheryl loves to cook and we had stocked up on everything only a few days before. But the pieces of the puzzle were brought together by a God who cares about our every need. Firstly, we met a couple (Dave & Karen), at Home Valley who asked to tag along with us heading north and they happened to have an empty fridge in their car which Sheryl could use for a few days. Secondly, they also had some stainless steel welding rods which someone had given them (just in case), so all we needed was a welder to weld the hinge together. The caretakers at the campsite told us to try the helicopter maintenance crew when we were going to visit the Mitchell Falls the next day. They weren't there, but a tour bus driver told us about a 'secret' camp off the track where there was a guy who might be able to weld it for us. So, in the middle of 'nowhere', we found this place and he needed the rods to be able to weld it so... voila, the puzzle was complete! Now all we needed was Alf to put it all back together again!!
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janelle Thank God for His provision in a tight squeeze. ..