Carson River Trek, East Kimberley
Map of Carson River Trek Route
The Carson River Trek represents two weeks of outback adventure in Northwest Australia on horseback.
Dates: June 29 to July 12.
Kimberley Exploration Expedition Notes
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 including 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.
