Kimberley's - 3 men and a baby?

[dusty_nz]

Looking at options for a trip next year. It will be Myself, My Dad, my Brother and my 2 year old daughter.

Anyway one option is to head to the northern coast. Broome, Derby in the Kimberley's and Gibb river rooad.

Ship the Paj up and fly myself and bub's up.

Any recommendations for a week. Fishing, Relaxing, Walks. March'ish 2011.

[sharkcaver]

Have you ever priced shipping the Paj up....Better be sitting down if you do (unless you know someone). We investigated the same issue of getting boats up to derby a few years back at 2K one way ($1 per K/m), I took the gas bill and 3 days to get there, was a smaller hit.

Shane.

[dusty_nz]

Problem is I don't think bub's will survive that sort of mileage.

[steveandviv]

Here you go then.A few pics to get you in the mood..We live in Broome and know the area quite well. You can see a lot in the time you have out lined


Here are a few shots from our two week trip from Broome to Fitzroy (Geike Gorge) the up the Gibb to Windjana and Tunnel Creek (again) then up to Silent Grove and Bell Gorge then up for a few days at Cape Leveque (again) I'm hoping to get this written up for the mag so I'll save a few for later... ;D

On the guided tour at Geike Gorge. well worth it



No. There is nothing wrong with this pic. It just does your head in a bit looking at that rock



In Tunnel Creek. It was hot, dam hot but not in here or at the other end. We spent 4 hours during the hottest part of the day here. it was 42c out side but I reckon 30 just on the outside of the tunnel



The next night we sat down of the bank at Windjana and watched a unique event. The bats that come to feed late at night have decided this year to get a drink on the way. Not so smart I reckon as the freshwater Crocs were snapping them up. Look at the eyes on the lake, it's hard to see. I hope the pic shows the density of the bats. This cloud went on for 20 Mins as they left the likes of Tunnel Creek (Where we were during the day) We could make out 4 confirmed hits from the Crocs point of view





Then we headed up the Gibb to Silent Grove to Camp. You can no longer camp at Bell Gorge after the fires last year.
On the way you travel over Kimberly at it's best



Just past the turn off to Silent Grove you can pop into Imintji for a cold drink (sounds like Imergy)



Then off to camp at Silent Grove for two days. we would travel to Bell Gorge twice. On day two we packed lunch and stayed for 4-5 hours. Not hard to see why









On the way back, or on our way to Cape Leveque we decided to take a by pass track which sort of takes you from just out of Willair to Beagle Bay. The station track is private property but well maintained. On the way back we saw the last of the Kapoc tress. These are also known as Cotton Wall tress and the inside is just like cotton wall. These came early thing year and the story goes they flower with the hatching on the croc eggs. As they are early as well they say we will have a long, not bigger but long - wet...We Hope



We then had three nights at one of the beach shelters at Cape Leveque..It was just great












And then on the way home the storms build...It did rain that night so I guess the wet is here. Wasn't much but it felt good.  Oh, and don;t bring your Caravan up to this Cape