Thursday, 19 July 2012
4 WD - El Questro.
Amalia Gorge
Flight Lake Argyle , Bungle Bungles & El Questro
Flight part 2-
The Diamond mine.
The Bungle Bungles.
Still time for another walk the day’s not over yet! A 9.6klm walk along rugged paths, deep sand, creek beds & rain forest, this took us to Champagne Springs. We did it in 4 hours and had about half an hour swimming and relaxing under the waterfall, it was a great walk. Not many people at the springs due to the long walk. I slipped on a rock and hurt my leg!! Steve also saw a King Brown Snake!!! Scary!!! Coming back at about 1330 it was so hot, I think my face is still glowing!! The scenery was stunning with huge cliffs about 300 meters high, a great walk.
Steve at the start of the Gibb River Road.
One of our many water crossing's.
Steve in Zebeddee hot springs (El Questro).
We left Kununurra and headed down “The Gibb River Road”!!
Arrived at El Questro and have camped up for 4 nights. We went to Zebedee
Springs and this was good the water temperature was 28 to 32 and Steve loved
it. Next onto Amalia Gorge walk which would take 3 hours, this was a very
pretty walk with a lot of water and rock climbing, (or ledge crawling by me, as
I am scared of heights)!!! The water was still running at the waterfall which
is 32 meters high.
Onto the 4WD tracks, firstly we headed out to Explosion Hole
(a lovely gorge) the track was not to challenging, onto Bronco’s lookout, a
very steep and narrow climb, the view was stunning at the top. On to the Jetty
which was a short deep sandy track with a climb out. Next onto Chamberlain Gorge and jetty, very nice. Next track Pigeon Hole and lookout, well this
was much more challenging, with several steep boulders, narrow climbs & descends,
very interesting when you meant someone else doing the track. Lastly Saddleback
Ridge & lookout, this again had a long, fairly deep river crossing (which
we like), very narrow winding, extremely steep, sharp bends track. The scenery
from the top was excellent!!! Steve really enjoyed his 4 WD and I also had
fun!!! Not finished yet there was a Blues band on at the bar, so we went for an
hour and stayed for 3 hours. The band was great, there were girls dancing with
Hula hoop’s (Which Steve really liked), they were very good until one of the
girls hair caught on fire!!! El Questro had a massive fire, which added to the atmosphere.
Another day another walk (well actually they are only a walk
if you are a rock wallaby)!! to see Emma
Gorge & waterfall (3.5klm), well it was 8am and very nice walking, sorry
climbing the big boulders to get to the overhang & waterfall. We saw a
black tailed Rock Wallaby. We had a swim in the large pool, which seemed
extremely cold, although the paper work said that temperatures are between 15
& 24, we don’t think it was 15, it was freezing!!! Back to Emma resort for a lovely coffee and
headed back towards the camp site.Still time for another walk the day’s not over yet! A 9.6klm walk along rugged paths, deep sand, creek beds & rain forest, this took us to Champagne Springs. We did it in 4 hours and had about half an hour swimming and relaxing under the waterfall, it was a great walk. Not many people at the springs due to the long walk. I slipped on a rock and hurt my leg!! Steve also saw a King Brown Snake!!! Scary!!! Coming back at about 1330 it was so hot, I think my face is still glowing!! The scenery was stunning with huge cliffs about 300 meters high, a great walk.
Yes you’ve guessed another day another walk only 6.8klm
today to El Questro Gorge. This is a deep narrow gorge, flanked by sheer
cliffs, crystal clear pools and lush tropical vegetation. This walk is only
recommended for very fit & adventurous as very challenging and dangerous or
stupid (me)!!!! At the half way point you have to wade through water up to my
chest (most people’s waist) and clamber up a massive boulder. Well everyone
said if you get past this point the rest is easy – of course all the people
that say this must be the one’s that only ever get half way!!! Because there
were a lot more massive boulders, which of course Steve helped me up, but
coming back I couldn’t get down a massive boulder and got very wet!!! However
Mac Micking pool was at the end, a stunning pool and waterfall and we had it
all to ourselves. An absolutely stunning gorge!!!! Yes that was the morning and
in the afternoon we did a boat cruise down Chamberlain gorge, a very pleasant
trip!!!!
Flight Lake Argyle & Bungle Bungles.
Still alive, sorry no signal for weeks!!!
Me & our aircraft.
Stunning Lake Argyle.
The Bungle Bungle's.
Fire's burning near a river bed.
Kunnara town & sandle wood plantations.
We did a 2 hour flight with Sling air, over the
Diversion Dam completed in 1963, Kununurra Township. The Ord irrigation system
built in 1960, Packsaddle Plains, Spillway Creek, Argyle Downs Homestead, Lake
Argyle Tourist village (where we had stayed), Lake Argyle, Ord River Dam, Ord
top dam, Lissadell Station, Texas Station, Bow river diamond mine, Argyle
diamond mine, The Osmond ranges and the Bungle Bungles. Well this was a fantastic flight and had to
be done, the information we gained was extremely interesting and the scenery
was out of this world. This is a must do to see this vast area.
Wednesday, 4 July 2012
Kununurra/Wyndham -WA.
Kununurra – well first we went to the Zebra rock gallery and
this was very interesting, we had seen the basic stone and it is stunning what
they do to it. Next we went to the Sandalwood factory and this was also very
interesting and educational. Next we went to the Hoochery distillery (they make
rum) Yum, Yum says Steve!!! Pictures to follow….. We also went to the Ivanhoe
crossing, which at present is closed to vehicles as to much water. On to the stone Gallery, again very
interesting. Lastly we went to the Diamond factory and my word the pink
Diamonds are fantastic and guess what, no I didn’t get any, most things were
well out of my price range, and still it was good to look!! Kununurra is a great place and seems to have
everything here.
Wyndham – 100klms from Kununurra and a very historical town,
we went to the 5 river’s look out (Forrest River, King River, Durack River,
Pentecost River & Ord River) all these 5 rivers amalgamates here and it is known
as the Cambridge Gulf. This lookout and area is amazing!!! We went to the new Jetty, the museum, the
port and the pub. We also went to the Croc farm, which was awesome the size
of Crocs are out of this world!!! The
pictures do not tell the true story. A very enjoyable day.
Monday, 2 July 2012
Walk Bungle Bungles - WA.
The Honeycombed Domes.
Steve in the Bungle Bungle's.
Inside Cathedral Gorge.
Bungle Bungles and some more Bungles!!
Steve at Piccaniny Lookout.
Going into the Chasm walk.
We loved the Bungle, Bungles!!!!!!
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