Well, we are back in sunny Derby for a four week working stint at Derby District High School. We seem to keep gravitating back to this part of the World. This time around, we are not teaching as much as doing IT related work. We love the staff at Derby and always feel welcome and...

It has certainly been a long time since we last posted anything. It is at least good to know that a few people have remarked on our lack of communication. We have just emerged back into civilization, having been “out on the Gibb” for quite some time. Everything is very dusty, we...

Saturday 30 June to Friday 6 July We have had a wonderful week, covering more than 2000km on a Kalumburu-Broome and return trip and enjoying the company of 3 other teachers and 13 students from Years 8 to 11. We left early on Saturday morning, expecting a long slow trip South to the Gibb River...

During our 2005 trip along the Gibb River we stopped at Manning Pool for our first time and were struck by the beauty of it. We were on our way to Kalumburu to visit our parents and had travelled from Newman, picking up Derek in Broome, and settled camp at the Pool. While we were there...

During the last June/July holidays, we travelled with our Fitzroy Crossing friends Kevin and Rachel along the Gibb River Road to visit Manning Gorge, near Mt Barnett. As part of the trip we also visited Bells, Adcock, Barnett River and Galvin’s Gorges. The trip entailed plenty of...