We have now spent a week in Derby and though there is not a lot to do in town we are enjoying the peace and relaxing. We have had a look at the Prison Tree, Frosty’s Pool and the incoming tide from the pier. Sunday we took the tour to the Horizontal falls. They are amazing, although it was a bit hazy the flight in the seaplane was great (Nev wasn’t real impressed though) the landscape changed so much, hope the photos give a little of what it was like. As soon as we landed we were given safety instructions for the fast boat and it was off to the falls before the tide came in too much, the photos don’t do it justice, it’s something I would recommend to everyone to do once. After several runs through the falls we went back to the bigger boats for lunch, a swim with the sharks and feeding the sharks. When lunch finished Adrian told us he had a surprise for us so it was back into the boat for a cruise around Talbot Bay and a look at his shack in Cyclone Creek. His surprise wasn’t his shack which was very interesting but the fact that he can hand feed the moon fish out of the water, this was mind blowing. There is no trick photography. On completion of the tour around Talbot Bay where we saw the raw Kimberley Rose and some mangroves it was back to the bigger boat to await the seaplane for our return journey and more of the amazing scenery.
Mud flats out of Derby
The Horizontal Falls
This is the pontoon where the seaplane disembarked
Feeding the sharks
Adrian's shack
Adrian with his pet fish
Kimberley Rose
Tuesday was a tour to Windjana Gorge and Tunnel Creek, this was money well spent as it not only saved on wear and tear on our car but it gave us the history behind the area and showed us things in the tunnel like aboriginal rock art, the story about the entrance to the tunnel, our guide Menashe even pointed out 3 different types of bats, they were horseshoe bat, fruit bat and ghost bat which I’m sure we would not have seen had it not been for Menashe. Menashe is from Israel and has been in Australia 4 years and only as a guide up here this season but he has more knowledge and passion than the locals do, he spent a few weeks when he first arrived in Derby with the aboriginals from Windjana/Tunnel Creek where he learnt the local history and the story of Jandammara who is a hero to the aboriginal people. (You may have watched Jandammara’s War on the ABC a little while back).
A boab tree on the way to Windjana Gorge
Windjana Gorge
An ancient fossil on the wall @ Windjana Gorge
A marble rock @ the mouth of Tunnel Creek
A black headed python on the side of the road
The Jandammara Story
Sunset through a boab tree
Wednesday we drove to Broome to pick up a script I had redirected from Kununurra and have a look at Broome again. My how it’s grown nothing was the same except it was still nice and quiet as it’s at the end of the season now, it was really quite nice having lunch under a palm at Cable Beach.
Tomorrow we head off, not sure where so I can’t say when I’ll be able to catch you up on our travels so stay well until we talk again.
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