Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia Jun 26, 2015 Our last day of school this term before the Victorian school holidays. A cruise up Giekie Gorge in the afternoon to see some great rocks and more crocodiles.
Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia Jun 25, 2015 We left the Gibb to head into Fitzroy Crossing. it was nice to have less dust once we arrived. Later that evening we joined in on a Trivia Night at the local restaurant. The four of us were joined by another four Victorians. Not a bad job we won 4 out of 7 rounds and only lost the whole quiz by two points. Fraser and I answered all of the 10 Geography questions and got 10 out of 10.
King Leopold Ranges, Western Australia Jun 24, 2015 We trekked along the Gibb River through the King Leopold Ranges, then into Bell Gorge. We walked into a fantastic swimming hole and great waterfall. It was a little cool in the water but it was the best place we have swam in so far, much better than any of the swimming pools. We headed back to Windjana Gorge to find some friends we had met in Derby, that live near Port Fairy, setup near us at camp.
King Leopold Ranges, Western Australia Jun 23, 2015 nto the gorge we headed and it was great to see our first crocidiles (fresh water) in nature. They were very relaxed warming themselevs on the banks and cooling in the water. We did not get to close but saw some people taking selfies with large crocs. We saw lots of new birds including an Azure Kingfisher, Striated Pardolotte, Rainbow Bee Eater and Yellow Honey Eater.
King Leopold Ranges, Western Australia Jun 22, 2015 Tape up the van to stop the dust getting in and off we head along the Gibb River Road. The first part on a sealed road (little bit fancy) then turning off to head into Windjana National Park for three nights. You pick your piece of dirt/grass and try for some shade but the best thing is it has flush toilets, solar showers and fresh water. Off to Tunnel Creek into dark cave like gorge and water under our feet. We needed good headlamps to go into the dark. W...