Windjana Gorge Friday 22 June
Made an executive decision to stay another
day here. The gorge is quite beautiful with lots of fresh water crocodiles
lying on the banks. This gorge was formed 350 million years ago and was part of
the Devonian Reef. Today they are part of the Napier Range – a chain of limestone
ranges that rise above the Fitzroy River. The cliffs are almost black.
The gorge itself is 3.5km long and was carved
through the Napier Range by floodwaters of the Lennard River. We did a short walk
into the gorge in the afternoon yesterday so today Allan, Jo and I went in the
morning. Jo turned back so Allan and I decided to keep going to the end of the
gorge walk. Found a number of my favourite Rainbow Bee Eaters on the way so
managed to get some nice pictures of them.
As we had only intended to do the walk we did
yesterday, we did not take a water bottle. Bad move!!! By the time we got back,
we were both exhausted and in need of water to rehydrate. Slept for a couple of
hours in the arvo to recover. Lots of campers in the park.
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