"Gibb River Part 1 -- More rain and lots of ba" Barclayc's photos around Kununurra, Australia

A TripAdvisorâ„¢ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Kununurra, Australia by TravelPod blogger Barclayc titled "Gibb River Part 1 -- More rain and lots of ba" Barclayc's travel blog entry: "Gibb River Part 1 -- More rain and lots of backtracking! May to October in the North of Australia is generally classed as the dry season, but this year seems to be very different. The Mitchell Plateau which we had hoped to visit had 200mm in May which was more than during the wet in February! Leaving Broome though the weather appeared fine and we made good time to Derby and the start of the Gibb River road. As the first few gorges were still shut we continued on to stay at Mount Hart a private homestead (50km Driveway) which was one of the few places actually open. I took Danny for a canoe ride (his first) and we tried a few of the gorge walks but they were a little too difficult with the kids. The next day the heavens opened again and we had around 40mm overnight, enough to make the roads really slippery. The locals called it a drizzle and since then no rain, the weather has been beautiful, around the high 20's during the day, blue sky and no clouds and mid teens at night which make for great sleeping. Mount Hart didn't really offer the kids much so we headed up the Gibb to stay at Mornington Wilderness Park only to discover that the gorges were closed because of the rain, so onto Manning Gorge which is around 200k from Mt Hart. We stopped at Galvans gorge which was our first gorge ...