Sun 8 Sep 2013 – Trip to the Mitchell Falls Plateau – we made it!

Rodger was up at 5.30am to go fishing before we set off for Mitchell Falls -he caught 7 Sooty Grunters and 2 turtles! He put the turtles and the little ones back, but there was a big one for our dinner tonight.

Only 3 Kms from last night's camping ground were some more Aboriginal paintings and also a burial site. We enjoyed walking around and finding them.

Again we're so lucky because the road to Mitchell Falls is also being graded, so our first 71 of the 83kms was a good run. We met the grader man on the way and thanked him heartily for his good work. 

We're proud of our little car for making it all the way here and very thankful to God that it was without incident.

The Mitchell Plateau gets the highest rainfall in WA, 1400mls a year, so it's like an oasis in the arid region around it. The road runs through alternating savannah woodland and tropical rain forests of eucalypts and fan palms, with the occasional breathtaking view of the plains below.

When we arrived at Mitchell River we set up camp, had our lunch and walked down to Merten's Creek for a swim. It was a big pool at the foot of a water fall - very shady and cool.

When it got dark we lit a campfire, so we could cook our fish. It was so peaceful sitting there, with our jacket potatoes and fish baking on the hot ashes and watching the stars and a slither of a moon.

Later, when the billy was boiling for tea, our neighbours, Greg and Di came and joined us. We had already met them at Ellenbrae.