Friday 17th August 2018 - Firstly it should be noted that on our trip so far we have seen, walked & climbed many amazing Gorges and escarpments. But the Purnululu National Park - Bungle Bungle Ranges are really a unique and an incredible place that is like nowhere on earth that we have experienced. Without doubt it is a one off.

Having said all of that what did we do today?

After another lay-in & a hearty breakfast we spent a bit of time watching the birds take water from a small watering hole by the lodge.

We drove 75kms of dirt & terrible corrugated road back to the main highway to pick up the caravan. We had a stop at Halls Creek; had a coffee& a nice piece of cake for lunch, refuelled before heading off for Fitzroy Crossing.

We drove 120kms where we camped for the night at a roadside free camp next to the Mary River. Early dinner and an early night!!

Saturday 18th August 2018 - Drove another 190kms to Fitzroy Crossing that took a couple of hours. It is a small Aboriginal community town beside the Fitzroy River. We drove to our campsite for the night, dropped the caravan and then headed off to Geikie Gorge that was 18kms outside of town.

We didn't know what to expect as we hadn't really heard much about the gorge, but we were pleasantly surprised when we parked up and went for a walk along a trail that ran parallel to the lovely Fitzroy River and Sandbar.

We finished our walk and then hopped onto a cruise boat that took us along the river that was partially surrounded by high walls of different coloured sandstone. The amazing thing about the Gorge was that half of the rocks to the high cliff face were white to a height of approx. 10m above the current height of the river. This was because every wet season the river water reaches this height and it has bleached the outer layers of sandstone.

Another amazing sight along the white sandstone was the lined carvings & honeycombed spots at the bottom of the rocks that had been formed by the water over millions of years. One section had pink stripes layered into the rock.

We saw lots of Freshwater Crocodiles, birds and trees with very long roots growing through the rock in search of water.

On the way back to our campsite we stopped off at the historic Crossing Inn for a beer and saw two Brolga's wandering across the road in front of us. Dinner and then watched the EPL - Spurs Vs Fulham (3-1).

Sunday 19th August 2018 - Information: Mileage travelled so far - 11,250kms/Weeks on the road - 11/Average temperature 30 degrees/Number of photos taken- thousands!!

Today we drove to Derby and on arrival we stopped at the Wharf for a seafood lunch before heading of our camp site tonight at the Birdwood Station that is located on the Gibb River Road that gives us access to Wynjana Gorge and Tunnel Creek.

The station is lovely Bush style camp with lots of quiet places to park. If we want to go horse riding there are a number of trails to take and it is the home of the Kimberley School of Horsemanship.

A very early night because of a very early start in the morning.

Monday 20th August 2018 -

We were up at 5:30am so that we could hit the road for the long drive to Tunnel Creek and Wynjana Gorge. On the way out of the station we saw three Brolga's flying overhead and went out of sight into the rising sun.

Once again we are on the Gibb River Road where the first section is tarmacked, making our travel time good then we hit a lot of roadworks and red dust. Just after turning onto the track leading to Wynjana Gorge and Tunnel Creek we stopped and deflated our tyres as the track was very rough, rocky and corrugated.

First stop - Tunnel Creek that is WA's oldest cave system with a water worn tunnel that runs through the Devonian Reef. Armed with our torches we set of into the dark and cool tunnel that wove its way along the river bed.

We waded through several permanent pools with one pool that was deep enough that is all most came up to our thighs. We heard lots of bats; saw a lot of stalactites and red eyes of Freshwater Crocodiles that glowed in the light of our torches.

We eventually saw the light at the end of the tunnel Ha! Ha!, sat for a while on the rocks at the head of small river that is on the other side of the Napier Ranges before turning around and heading back into the tunnel.

Second stop for the day - Wynjana Gorge where we had out lunch before making our way through a very narrow but short tunnel that opened out onto a stunning scene of water-streaked walls that rose to heights of 100m above the Lennard River.

The Lennard River has numerous pools at the bottom of the Gorge that is surrounded by trees & shrubs that forms part of the ancient Devonian Limestone Reef.

We walked along the river bed taking in the breathtaking scene of the cliff face that looked like a continuous row of stalactites. This is because the Gorge a million years ago was actually a reef under the ocean. As we wandered along the gorge we were only a few meters away from the numerous Freshwater Crocodiles basking in the sun at the edge of the river. Saw another Pheasant Caracole.

After our 6km walk we headed for the car and our journey back to Birdwood Station where we met a lovely couple from Maffra, VIC.