On to Geikie gorge, our last in the Kimberly. We had a quick two night stopover here, doing a morning tour on the gorge and Tony headed back for a fantastic kayak at sunset. It is on the Fitzroy river, which, according to the tour bloke, runs second only to the Amazon in the wet season. The high water level was about 15m above the current height. Impressive. There were fresh water crocs on the banks, and in the caves at the base. The limestone is riddled with caves - some have been surveyed to 2km long (oh to be a caver in Fitzroy Crossing!). We are one blog off being up to date!
We were lucky to get into Fitzroy crossing. A fuel tanker had flipped the day before, and closed the road. On our way back we saw a sedan that had flipped in the sand patch over the petrol (it was marked!).
We also saw a trail of oil leading up the road to a mangled sump on the Windjana-Fitzroy Crossing Road. Apparently from a Hyundi doing 70km! (Now we would never make a mistake like that ;-)
The caves carved in the limestone by running water.
All the pools are sun protected and unheated and very cold!
From the kayak inside a cave mouth.
The eastern wall at Sunset.
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