The walk starts off when you walk through a narrow opening in the gorge which brings you out to a permanent freshwater pool of water which is teaming with Freshwater Crocodiles. Trent counted about 31 crocs in this first pool and 49 crocs for the entire walk. He wasn't allowed to count any he saw on the return leg, so that he didn't double up.
The gorge/cliff faces are an old Devonian Reef and the majority of it is coloured a deep grey and dotted with orange sandstone specs/slabs. As you continue on through the gorge it widens and the freshwater pools shrink in size while the sand beaches get bigger. After a while you leave the beach and head up into rainforest which runs along the edge of one of the cliff faces. We had to stop walking when we got to a sign telling us to turn around because of the weed program.
The walk did take quite a while to complete and it seemed a lot longer than the 2.5 kilometre one way trip under the hot morning skies.
Back to camp for lunch and to watch the sun set on the reef from our camping spot.
Off to Derby tomorrow which will bring to an end our trip along 'The Gibb.'
After a quick stop over on Derby we will continue on to Broome and then Cape Leveque before heading along the Great Northern Highway to Fitzroy Crossing, from there on to the Bungle Bungles, Wolf Creek and home via the Tanami Track. We still have another 4 and a half weeks to go but it only seems like days.
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