El Questro

16th May 2013

Today was a very leisurely start to the morning, as we had the girls booked in for a horse ride on the station at 9.15am. We made the short stroll up to the stables where we met Kate & Danni, the riding instructors.

Chloe & Mags were the only ones on the horses this morning so they got very personalised service and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. at one stage, Chloe was allowed to trot without anyone leading her horse, she was pretty excited about that. At the end of the ride the girls even got to brush down the horses and help pack away the gear.

The girls riding Moonshine & Rusty at El Questro

From there we went to the store where Maggie bumped into her friend Imogen from her school, she was up there for a wedding, talk about a small world.

El Questro

After a catch up, we teamed up with Dan & Dee & headed off 4wding on our way to look at Explosion Gorge. The drive was excellent with some very  rocky river crossings, muddy tracks & steep climbs, but the views were once  again nothing short spectacular.

Branco's Lookout

Explosion Gorge

On the way back we collected firewood for a camp fire we had planned to have as it was officially our last night on the Gibb. John, Ruth & kids along with Dan & Dee joined us and we spent a good few hours talking about the great things we had seen and experienced along the way and toasting marshmallows over the fire, a great  way to finish this section of the trip.