The privations of the Gibb are left behind after pulling into amazing Home Valley Station, a hospitality training resort for local Indigenous men and women, which has a superb range of luxurious accommodation. There are excellent grassy campsites and motel-style rooms, a fantastic open-air bistro (mains $24 to $48), tyre repairs, and activities including trail rides, bushwalks, fishing and cattle mustering.
Home Valley is about 589km from Derby on the Gibb River Rd, just before the Pentecost River crossing. Coming from the east it's 68km from the Great Northern Hwy.
