Another pack up and hitting the dirt again we left Manning Gorge for Silent Grove campground.

A quick stop on our way out at Mt Barnett Roadhouse for some more baked goods…

Along the way we had planned to stop at Galvan’s Gorge and Adcock Gorge – however talking to a couple yesterday they had told us that there was a dead croc at Galvans Gorge and the place stank – as it was a 1 km walk in and no opportunity to swim due to the rotting reptile we drove on for Adcock Gorge…

The Toyota Precision Driving team once again overshot the turnoff…..which was signposted….but no  real issue as they did make a u-ie and returned back finally rejoining the party.

The landscape was ever changing as was the Gibb River Road with some small tar sections appearing at times however still mostly dirt but in better condition than the start.

Adcock Gorge was a short walk in – easy and very picturesque with small waterlilies as well as larger ones and unusual red plants which we had never seen before.

The waterhole was beautiful – we had it all to ourselves and had a great swim and look around. There was a small aboriginal painting on the rockface. Again the waterfall was not flowing – the legacy of a poor wet season….

We drove on to Silent Grove with a brief toilet stop at Imintji…

Silent Grove is part of the Leopold National Park and is nestled at the base of the Leopold Range.

Bell Gorge is about 10k from Silent Grove and is the gorge walk we are planning to tackle tomorrow – apparently about 1.5km in and another beautiful swimming hole at the end.

We set up camp again and had lunch… and a shower to beat the tour buses who would come in and use all hot water..

Gordie was bent on having a fire tonight and climbed up the cliff to gather wood – again another faux pas – no collecting wood in this area despite the provision of fire pits…

So no fire tonight!