Geikie Gorge

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June 3rd 2021
Today was a big travelling day. We left the town of Fitroy Crossing and headed to Geikie Gorge which has been shaped by the Fitzroy River. What makes the Gorge unique in its colouring is the regular flooding of the Fitroy River during the wet season. In fact we were told that when the river’s flood waters are running, it is the second longest river in the world as far as volume of water. T ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Kimberley

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more