Thursday 25th
Today we took the 4wd track out to the Wunumurra Waterfall. They said it was a rocky track best suited to high clearance 4wd's and they were not wrong. 9.6 klm drive followed by a 1 klm walk to get to the top of the waterfall and another 500 meter walk down stream to the rock art sight.
There wasnt a great deal of water going over the top of the waterfall but it was still beautiful.
We headed down the ladders and downstream towards the rock art sight.
Well as we were rock hopping and climbing over some rocks, my left foot got caught up and I fell, luckily for me a tree broke my fall and held me up, thankfully I was alright.
We kept tracking downstream and came across the rock art sight. WOW, some really nice rock art. It is a shame that in years to come the ochre rock art will be no longer visible due to aging.
We crossed over the river and found some more rock art that was very very old. WOW.
Time to head back to the car and back to camp for lunch. My home made bread is getting better.
After we had had lunch we headed out to the Wana Waterhole 4wd track. This time the track was a very easy drive compared to the other track.
The waterhole was very shallow in spots and was great for Rena. (This time we remembered her swim suite), I left James and Rena and headed upstream on the Hann River and took some photos. BEAUTIFUL!!
Back to James and Rena. The water was a bit cool for James. We sat on the bank and watched Rena and the oncoming smoke from a fire. We decided to head back to camp when the smoke got a bit closer and darker.
So much flora and fauna here, an awesome spot to spend a couple of days and nights.
Friday 26th
We packed up camp and headed off to have a shower before heading on down the Gibb River Road again. Be nice to be clean for a little while.
We called in to the Barnett River Gorge. Only 3 klms off the GRR and a short walk to the swimming hole.
Last time we were here, we just camped here and didnt go down to the swimming hole (which I can now say was a great shame). This time the camping area/car park was packed. A very popular spot now. Even had an APT bus there.
This is another spectacular Kimberley waterhole.
Back in the car and the short drive to Mt Barnett Roadhouse, we paid for our campsite for 2 nights at Manning Gorge, put a dash of diesel in the cruiser ($2.40 per litre) and headed out to the campground.
The campground hasnt changed much in 8 years. The campground was very full but we managed to find a spot to set up camp.
Later on we put on a fire and used the camp over to cook a couple of cakes.
As we were eating dinner (by this time was about 7pm and very dark) a family came and asked if they could camp right next to us. We said ok, so we shared our campfire as they set up their tent.
Rena was happy as they had 2 girls, one 4 one 7. The family were from Sweeden and their grandmother was from Sydney. Didnt hear much from Rena from the rest of the night, she was captivated by the family.
Eventually we had to pull Rena away and got to bed as we were getting up early in the morning to do the gorge walk. Rena is learning so much and her people skills are really good now.
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