Week 66- Wednesday 6th - Wednesday 13th September

 Gibb River Road (part 2), WA

Days Nine and Ten

Mt Elizabeth Station

Star Rating:★★★★

★=Full Star ☆=Half Star

At Mt Elizabeth Station we:

• Drove out to Warla Gorge where we enjoyed relaxing on the sandy beach and swimming in the cool water.
• Explored the old homestead. We found lots of old cars and even a couple of bikes!
• Spotted a Death Adder on the side of the road whilst driving back to camp, it was cool to watch it slither off into the bushes. I was glad we saw it when we were in the car and not when we were walking!!
• Bumped along a very rocky track with some friends we had met to get to Wunnamurra Gorge. The stunning gorge was worth the drive in and it was really fun playing on the sandbank that was in the middle of the river. We also climbed along the rocks to get to the dry cave behind the waterfall-it was awesome.
• Enjoyed a delicious dinner up at the homestead. We had fresh steak, homemade sausages and roasted veggies-the steak was delicious! For dessert we got black-forest cake and apple crumble!

Warla Gorge.

There was a cool old car at the homestead.

The DEADLY Death Adder!!!

There was a sandbank in the middle of the gorge that was good to stand on. 

Inside the falls.👇

Eating our delectable dessert.

Days Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen

Manning Gorge

Star Rating:★★★★☆

★=Full Star ☆=Half Star

At Manning Falls we:

• Spent the whole day swimming in the river that was next to camp. We had heaps of fun swinging on the rope swing we found with the friends we made at Mt Elizabeth Station.

• Walked up to Manning Falls-Jackson and I were the first ones to jump off the highest rock! We had heaps of fun swimming around and behind the waterfall and jumping off the rocks with our friends.

• Drove to two different gorges, Adcock and Galvans. At Adcock we saw a huge water monitor on the walk in and we were able to follow it to the gorge! We had the place to ourselves and enjoyed swimming in the cool water. At Galvans Gorge we found an awesome rope swing that we had heaps of fun on. You had to balance out on a tree and use a long stick to try and hook the rope swing before grabbing it and swinging out across the water!

• Walked up to Manning Falls again, this time in the early morning. We were the first people there and we had it to ourselves for the whole hour we were there! After jumping off the rocks we swam behind the waterfall and watched the sun come up from behind the cliff-it looked awesome!!

Under the waterfall.

Jumping of the highest rock (that you could get to) on Manning Falls!!👇

                               

Mum and I climbed up to the top of Manning Falls-it was beautiful!👇

The water monitor we saw on the way to Adcock Gorge.

We had Adcock Gorge all to ourselves!!

The beautiful sunrise we saw on the morning we walked to Manning Falls.

Getting ready to swim over the river with our stuff in the early morning.

The beautiful falls.👇

Day Fourteen

March Fly Glen/Bell Gorge

Star Rating:★★★

★=Full Star ☆=Half Star

At March Fly Glen we:

• Set up, got bitten a hundred times by march flies, and quickly drove to Bell Gorge!

At Bell Gorge we:

• Walked up to the falls and jumped in, it was really slippery so we spent the whole time ‘surfing’ down the slime on the rocks!!

We spent a wonderful afternoon at Bell Gorge with our friends!

Day Fifteen, Sixteen and Seventeen

RAAF Quarry

Star Rating:★★★★

★=Full Star ☆=Half Star

At and before the RAAF Quarry we:

• Walked up Windjana Gorge, the gorge was massive and we saw heaps of crocs.

• Swam through Tunnel Creek-it was super creepy swimming in the dark. We saw lots of bats, butterflies and even a freshwater croc!!

• Cooled off in the beautiful water that was in the Quarry-it was so clear.

• Marvelled at the BOA-utiful boabs that were everywhere around our camp!

• Went on a walk around the outside of the Quarry, there was so many boabs and it was really beautiful!

To walk in Windjana Gorge you had to first climb through a massive crack in the rocks!

We found HEAPS of massive stalactites in the tunnel-this one was one of my favorites.

Wading through Tunnel Creek.

While we thought that the Quarry would be a nice camp spot we had no idea how big it was going to be-it turned out to be massive and we enjoyed an early morning walk around it.

Having a late afternoon swim in the Quarry.👇

A few of the many beautiful boabs that were dotted around camp.👇