05 Bungles to Derby

Some of you may have seen some of these photos on my Facebook page several days ago. The blog is a bit behind, so here is a partial catchup. We are actually in Broome, but this one will bring us up to Derby, about 200 Km northeast of Broome.

After leaving the Bungle Bungles, we had to cover a long stretch of road running east to west. We stopped the first night at a free camp called Mary’s Pools. 

We shared this beautiful spot with over 30 other campers. It had toilets and shade. The Mary River was still flowing, this photo was taken at dusk.

Next morning I found a Jabiru, a beautiful Australian bird, nearly as big as a Pelican. The last time we saw Jabiru was ten years ago in Kakadu.

We had lunch at Halls Creek then pulled in to a beautiful Caravan Park at Fitzroy Crossing. Next morning we had a one hour cruise on the Fitzroy River, through Geikie Gorge. 

The white colour is limestone kept clean by high river in summer, black is above the high water line and red is rusty, which means it also has iron in those sections.

There were several fresh water crocodiles in Geikie Gorge, this one was on a rock ledge right on the water line.

We reached the north-west coast at Derby, which had a very photogenic wharf, specially when high tide and sunset coincide.

The difference between high and low tide in Derby is up to 12 metres, the highest in Australia. 

Next blog will describe some special things due to this high tidal range.