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We walked through Windjana Gorge this morning. We saw 29 freshwater crocs lying on the banks sunning themselves (yep the kids were counting them). They say you can swim with freshies but we weren't inclined to. We got back to camp by lunch and packed up and went off to Tunnel Creek which is a small national park about 35km south of Windjana. The kids thought it was great fun as you walk through a pitch black cave/tunnel that has a creek in it. In some spots the creek was up to the top of an adults thigh which of course means it was pretty deep for the likes of Benjie. The creek that you walk through has fish (little ones), black eels (little ones) and a couple of freshies (we could see their eyes glowing). Oh and there were bats flying around too! So we freaked ourselves right out but had a lot of fun doing it. We then drove into Derby arriving around 630pm, the drive was tough as Geoff was driving direct west into the setting sun and as it was dusk we were all on roo watch - they kept jumping in front of the car but luckily for them and us we managed to miss them all.
Derby signals the end of the Gibb River Rd so we congratulated ourselves on our 36 river crossings and only 2 punctures! The car, the camper and the 5 of us are all looking a bit worse for wear after 650kms of red dust and corrugated roads. Tonight we are happy but tired campers.
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