This would be my third visit, but I was a little wary of the 4wding in to the valley owing to severe flooding in early 2023 making the route quite challenging. There had been a few vehicles sacrificed to the river gods before our trip.
It was a bit of risk going solo but the Hilux was up to the task, and we had organised a rescue party if we got stuck (though I’d have to be seriously stuck before I let Joseph Peter pull me out…).
Myself, Samantha, my brother Jake and his girlfriend Shayla played it nice and safe on our way in. Some simple safety steps like recording the route on the GPS so we could backtrack easily, getting out of the vehicle to check all of the soft spots and crossings, and judicious applications of speed and power (both aspects somewhat lacking in the ol’ Hilux) had us at our planned campsite in about three hours. With a poor forecast in the offing we set up an elaborate camp in a
