Nat, Noah, Ant, Lis, Lance & Cathy
About Me
- Lis & Ant, Lance & Cathy, Nat & Noah
- Joint Interests: NQ Cowboys, Fishing, Travelling, Music, Pokemon, Ninja Turtles, Sunny, Zoe & Scruff (not necessarily shared by all)
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Beautiful Broome
Yes, Ant is loving Broome & being near the Coast again.
We drove the cars down onto the Beach (past the Nudist Beach), and enjoyed dinner a swim & the sunset. Not bad!
The sunsets here are amazing... The sun actually sets into the ocean on this side of Australia!
Windjana Gorge & Tunnel Creek
There were sooooo many freshwater crocs, all along the bank.
We couldn't get over how quiet they were.
Another gorge, and yet a totally different experience again.
Even compared to the Croc-infested Windjana Gorge, Nat & Noah said that this was the best part of the day, here at Tunnel Creek.
The creek has carved a tunnel right through the mountain. Here, a cave-in has allowed light through to the tunnel about half way along.
The ceiling was low down in some places and yet, very high in other areas. On the return route, we noticed a small freshwater croc in the water. That is, in the water that we had walked through the first time.
Another wonderful day.
Horizontal Falls
(This photo probably would look better turned around, but I don't know how to on Blog, and this is the angle from the Plane).
We flew from Derby over the Horizontal Falls by the above "Kimberley Extreme" Seaplane.
Next we were taken over to the Horizontal Falls on the Kimberley Extreme Jet Boat.
It was so much fun! They came very close to the Falls, then past them, fast turns, then we couldn't believe when they actually took us through them! It was amazing!
Noah became less sure, and even a little worried, then started yelling, "Stop!" Nat yelled, "No, Keep Going!"
The amount of water passing through this gap was amazing.
The First Gap of the Horizontal Falls was approx. 22metres wide. This is the gap we rode through.
The second gap was only 7 metres wide, 40 metres deep, and had approx. 1 Million Gallons per Second passing through it. Needless to say, they didn't take us through it - we were a little worried at driving towards it, thinking they were going to take us through it.
This was heading back towards the first gap again - Backwards! Half way back through it, the driver throttled just enough so that we sat stationery and watched the force of the water pass by us. Fantastic!
We couldn't believe when we arrived back from the Jet Boat Trip, that these "Friendly Grey Nurse" Sharks were just hanging around the boat! Frank & Ralph they had been named by the crew.
After morning tea on a Luxury Yacht, we had another boat trip up one the beautiful surrounding creeks. It was beautiful. And of course, we saw another Saltwater Croc or 2.
Then back to the Luxury Yacht for a BBQ Lunch. Not bad outlook! The boys were mostly blown away by the Free Fanta!
Geikie Gorge
We enjoyed a wonderful boat trip up Geikie Gorge. We saw probably a dozen freshwater crocs.
The next afternoon, Lance, Cathy & Lis enjoyed a walk along the bank and were blessed to watch the colours change on the walls of the Gorge as the sun set.
We also all enjoyed having a powered site for a night, washing machines, recharging batteries, nintendos, computers, DVD players, phones, etc. As well as the wonderful long hot showers (that you don't have to bucket water from the creek & sit in the sun all day!)