We called at Drysdale River Station on the Gibb River Road. It appears to be used as a halfway house for the Gibb River Road with some rudimentary mechanical services available as well as diesel, petrol and basic food supplies from the shop. Otto runs the shop and he can also help out with Avgas with prior notice. The restaurant does the famous Kimberley Beef Burger, definitely worth a try.
The Horizontal Waterfalls really are incredible to see from the air. Apparently you can also get a seaplane to Talbot Bay and take a boat ride into them.
Buccaneer Archipelago
For the Pilots
In the 182 it is no problem to fly direct Kununurra to Broome with some air work in between but depending on wind and how many attractions you want to see or linger over you may need some fuel which is available by prior notice at Drysdale (and expensive) or the bowser service at Derby.
There are numerous tour charter flights operating in the area and there are surface to 5000 feet CTAF frequencies in place for the north Kimberley and west Kimberley. Check those out before you fly as you need to communicate to keep separation over places like horizontal waterfalls.
Flying into Broome is quite easy if you check out the ERSA and call the tower on the number provided in the ERSA before you fly in. They will give you instructions for entry into Broome controlled airspace. You also need to call the airport ground operations to arrange parking.
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