Windjana Gorge WA

Now this place was fun!  When the night came, at around 7 a whole heap of bats would fly over the freshwater crocodile infested creek and the crocodiles would jump out of the water trying to catch the bats, and would catch one if they were lucky. It was really interesting to watch the bats fly over and lucky for us we did see some pretty good SNAPS! But we don’t think any crocodile got a bat dinner that night.

In the morning we went on a walk though a big tunnel called Tunnel Creek, a small opening between the big rocks was where we entered. While being in the tunnel you couldn’t avoid not getting your feet wet, we did spot some small freshwater crocodiles hiding in the corners but none of them bothered us, so we were fine.  One of the places Sammy and I were standing in was so dark when you turned off the torches you weren’t able to see anything.

Silent Grove WA

Gibb River Day4

Bell Gorge was one of the gorges that was in Silent Grove, it had the coolest swimming spot I had seen so far. The water fall was not to its fullest  so we were able to climb up it, (which was a lot harder than it sounds). Special thanks to Wendy (Team A) for helping us up.  Once we (Josh, Luke, Heidi, Sammy and me) were at the top we jumped off, which was by far the most fun thing that day.

Manning Gorge WA

Gibb River Day3

 Before arriving in Manning Gorge we drove a short detour to Ellenbrae Road house station which was known for its fabulous scones. Which were absolutely FANTASTIC! I personally really enjoyed them and the fun/lush veranda we sat on and the friendly staff made the experience a whole lot nicer.

In Manning Gorge (Mt Barnet) there was a river/lake swimming spot with nice clear waters that also had for the people who were walking but didn’t want to get wet boat which was free to pull back and forth from side to side in the river/lake swimming spot. The little boat, clear water and the refreshing swim was my favourite part of this place.

El Questro WA

Day1 Semi-Gibb River Road

On the way from the Gravel Pit, on a dirt road we happened to break a hole in a tyre which we didn’t realize was there ‘til Dad sensed it. But even when Dad sensed it, it must have been broken a long time because the tyre was shredded! So when we arrived at El Questro Dad had to drive back to Kununurra to get a new spare tyre.

Not long after the shredded tyre,, we stopped to look at a prison boab tree. This boab tree, (just like other boab trees) had a fat base and as it went up to the top got quite skinny. This tree however was gigantic and had a hollow inside which squeezing through a small hole in the side of the tree.

El Questro had the best 4WD tracks yet! Only lost one tyre to a rock...just a small hole, (not as bad as the first tyre), and because that happened, Dad drove all the way back to Kununurra to buy more tyres. This time however, he swapped all of the road tyres for off road tyres which so far so good.

El Questro also had some nice swimming spots which some were thermal (with water) and some were just refreshing.

Wyndam WA

We, again, drove though Kununurra to get to Wyndam, were just before we reached our camp site, we watched the sun set over the water, standing on the jetty which I thought was quite nice  but we couldn’t go swimming because of the crocodiles.

When we reached the campsite we set up and because it was a free campsite,(which Team M and Team A know it as the ‘Gravel Pit’), then out came the porta potti!

Luke, Tom and Josh (part of Team A) had fun playing in the dirt and Sammy (also part of The A Team) and I watch the stars in the sky, which I personally thought was quite interesting.  

Lake Argle WA

We drove through Kununurra to get to Lake Argle.

Hello Team A! Lake Argyle is where we met up with the A team, (which are friends from home). At the Lake Argyle Caravan park there was an infinity pool which is a pool with an edge that isn’t there, and of course we did some swimming.

We also happen to catch a cane toad which later got the name of ‘Fungus’. Although unfortunately for Fungus, he got ran over by a car the next day, then placed in the bin.

FYI: So Team A and Team M could communicate, over the UHF radios’ our call names were Toe Jam (Team A) and Rubber Ducky (Team M).

Purnululu national Park WA

Welcome to Western Australia!

Driving through Kununurra we make it to the national park of Purnululu. In Purnululu we camped next to the river, which (when we swam in it) was a ‘thermal pool’ because of the lack of water...

We visited a few different places in Purnululu National Park such as lots of walking tracks; one of the tracks was called the Echidna Chasm which was a small walk through a very skinny path way between two very large rocks. There were also a few other walks which also had quite an amazing view. My favourite was (at our camp ground) a small walk up a hill which at the top you could see all the big hills in the distance. On the hills when the sun moved the shadows on the mountains changed, a bit hard to explain, but I really enjoyed the view.

Timber Creek NT

Stop over night, and had a quick swim in the pool.