7 July 2019
Second last day on the Gibb River Road. We packed up camp and made tracks for Windjana Gorge just over 100 km’s away. After arriving we set up camp, had an early lunch, and the drove to Tunnel Creek. Donning water shoes and head torches, we walked and waded through the approx 750 m river cave system. It was really excellent. The rocks were beautiful and it was very cool walking through the pitch dark caves.
Back to camp for afternoon tea, and then into Windjana Gorge. The water levels are really low this year, so we were walking along the sandy river bed rather than the trail up on the bank. There were so many freshwater crocodiles, we didn’t have to look hard at all to spot them. It must be pretty tough on them to survive in the small ponds left in the gorge.
We’re not fans of tonight’s campsite. It is so busy! We’ve become accustomed to only have a few people around us, so all the people, and kids, and loud music was a bit of a shock.
Travelling the Big Island 