Night camp on Dead Horse Creek

Join us on our horse treks and learn how to relax Kimberley style. We set up camp in some beautiful spots, with plenty of basic comforts, even if we are out in the bush. Our camps are set up near water holes, with a camp fire circled by chairs, and the horses’ night yard is always close by.

lunch break at Goose Hill Creek

Join us on the Carson River Trek for two weeks of outback adventure by horseback.  From June 29 to July 12, we will guide our guests along a route used by the Kimberley Exploration Expedition of 1911.  The landscape is spectacular, the location remote, and plenty of adventure guaranteed.

The trek heads out of Digger’s Rest Station, following the traditional Karunji Stock Route for the first two days, with magnificent views of the Cockburn Ranges for the first three days of the ride. After crossing the Pentecost River at the Gibb River Road crossing, we camp the night at Home Valley Station, an aboriginal owned station being run as an outback resort.

From there, the trek takes us through remote aboriginal land, with a variety of landscapes….salt marsh flats, sandstone ridges, ti tree country, tidal creeks, freshwater billabongs, pandanas spring country….

Passing through abandoned aboriginal settlements Linji and Ngildu, we ride on to Oombulgurri aboriginal community where we will re-stock some supplies.

After crossing the Lynn and Berkeley Rivers, we head northwest, riding around the northern end of the Seppelt Ranges and down towards the Drysdale River.

After crossing the Drysdale River, we ride across Barton’s Plain and on to Carson River Station, following an old gold and diamond mining exploration track over the Carson escarpment.

The landscape for the last few days will be in a higher rainfall area and more heavily timbered. Freshwater springs will be marked by pandanas, or cork screw palm. The waterholes along the way offer many an opportunity for good fishing, though not many will be suitable for swimming as the salties abound up this way.

A traditional owner will accompany us on the ride.

Have a look at the Google Map that shows the route of the Carson River Trek.

A welcome waterhole after a long stretch across the salt marsh

We come across many Kimberley waterholes on our horse treks, out of necessity for watering the horses.  This particular waterhole may not bring on fertility, however, it is a welcome stop after a long ride across the salt marsh south of Wyndham, Western Australia.  This hole was most likely created by one of the bombs off loaded during the Japanese bombing raid on the town of Wyndham during World War II.