Monday 22 August 2011

Day at WIndjana .

Spent the day in the national park.
Got up about 6.30am and packed for a walk through the gorge .
Pretty quiet with not a lot of other walkers . Beautiful scenery walking between the two sides of the gorge with the water in between . Saw a few big freshwater crocs basking in the shade and lots of Archer fish . 
Did not see as  many crocs as the last time we visited in 2010 but it might of had something to do with the massive wet we had in 2011 which caused some major flooding . 
The round walk took 2 1/2 hours and by then it was pretty hot so headed back to the camp .
Rest of the day quiet but at three o'clock it was so hot we went 
back to the gorge and slipped into the shallow water where we were sure it was croc free .
Talked to a guy while cooling off about getting upto the Mitchell Plateau and Kalumbaru Aboriginal community ( 250 kms off the GRR) and he said road is very bad after the wet season and he had seen heaps of trailers, cars with broken axles and sheared tyres . Food for thought but not a decision we need to make just yet.
Leaving here tomorrow after 3 days.

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