GRR - Windjana Gorge.

We drove out on some of the most rocky and corrugated roads we have been on from Bell Gorge back onto the GRR. The GRR wasn't much better at this stage as we drove into the King Leopold Ranges, up and over them and the road got markedly better. A nice change from the last few days, in fact it was the best bit of dirt we have yet to drive on the GRR. A nice change.

The ranges are beautiful as the scenery changes with every kilometer you drive. There is a little gap you drive through where an outcrop of rock looks like Queen Elizabeths head, pretty cool. Fantastic drive, not because of the good road but easily the best scenery yet.

The head.



We once again we turned off the GRR, this time to the south and into Windjana National Park where there is two things we want to see and that is the gorge here and Tunnel Creek. We arrived at the camp ground to find a cracka of a spot and set up.

Our camp spot.


A few hours later a few Variety Club bash cars drove in the camp grounds as they are on a rally from Port Headlands to Kununurra. They partied on long into the night and sounded as though they had a good time as they always do.

In the morning we did the walk up the gorge, the scenery was great but the walk it's self was a bit "blah", if you know what I mean. The track was just all bull dust. Windjana Gorge is famous for all the fresh water crocs and we saw heaps. They weren't that big, perhaps up to 2 meters, but they were along the gorge everywhere. You could get up really close to them before they ran away, pretty cool.

Trying to get the freshie to move.

A little freshie.


We had a nice walk and spent the rest of the day relaxing as we have been doing a lot of driving in the last few days and its good just to sit for a while. While we were here census night happened and believe it or not there were a couple of women from the bureau of statistics to hand us a census form! Incredible, they miss no one.

The start of the gorge just a couple hundred meters from where we are camped.


Off to Tunnel Creek tomorrow, just a short drive down the road. We will leave the van here and spend another night.