Onwards to Coral Bay

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Well, as whale watching was cancelled this morning due to high winds (Exmouth is obviously the place for me to not do much!), time to put some photos from the Kimberley trip on line. I'm hopping on the bus to Coral Bay at lunchtime and will spend a couple of days there, before a bus ride down the coast over 3 days - arriving in Perth on Sunday evening. Looking forward to a week there - the Fremantle festival is on next weekend so that should be good.

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Photos

Stuck in the sand on the first day
or 'blogged' as Nick the guide put it.

Now what were we looking at?
Truck generally had the swags on top other than when a storm threatened and a lightning bolt struck feet away from us. Obviously no risk of that when we climbed up top for a better view of something.

Punuluru - the Bungle Bungles
lots of weird rocks

Cathedral Gorge
I have never been so pleased to find shade and water in my life. Even though the water was a bit scummy we got in anyway.

Dry river bed
Walking up a dry river bed in Punuluru.

Snake in El Questro gorge
Nick showing us how to keep a snake at arm's length

The girls and their hats
Maria has to win in terms of style. The theme was Halloween. My attempt was a homage to Medusa!

Blue tongued lizard
puffing himself up to scare us...

The most common view
the Gibb River road - very very very long.

Me
at another swimming place - looking sensibly covered up pre/post swim as usual!

another place to swim
the days we didn't get to cool off (day 8 and 9) were the toughest. Temperatures well into the 40s in the shade. In the sun? Don't know!

Pancakes!
Shake-a-crepe bottle on the last morning. processed food comes into its own. Cook Maria showing how it's done. Great campsite - just us there, with nothing else other than the bush.

Freshie
Freshwater crocodile. Much smaller and less dangerous than the saltwater variety. We waded through a pool with a small one in it - they won't bother you if you don't bother them, unless your foot is mistaken for a fish.