23th May: Drove to Amalia Gorge turnoff  then walked in via a grade 5 4 km return track with lots of rocks and boulders to negotiate, including a section of chain to hold onto round a large boulder, plus some high step-ups onto rock ledges! I took my walking poles and was grateful for them! We followed a trail marked with blue squares. At the end was a wonderful swimming hole - very deep and icy cold fed by a waterfall but so refreshing!

The walk back actually seemed a lot easier! We had a relaxing afternoon after filling up on diesel at $2.80 per litre! We talked to our lovely neighbours Dave and Tammy who had just finished cycling the Gibb River Road from Derby along with many others and were returning to Darwin. Dave helped me by discussing what to do about various repairs to our van. They have a Cub Drifter camper trailer.

 I cooked mushroom risotto for dinner which we had with salad!