El Questro

Telecom Hill

After setting up camp we went for a short walk up Telecom Hill. There were quite a few birds around and the afternoon sun was golden.

Little Corella

Rainbow Bee-eater

Little Shrike-thrush

Blue-winged Kookaburra

Striated Pardilote

Amalia Gorge

The hike started with a pleasant walk up the creek, but we had forgotten about the rock-climbing that was involved. We needed to take our packs off a couple of times and pass them up/down/across, but it wasn't too difficult.

Double-barred Finch

Brown Honey-eater

Champagne Springs

This was a longer walk that we didn't do last time. It started off along the Pentecost River before turning up a dry creek bed.

This boab tree is around 1000 years old.

The track notes suggested there were rocks and logs to get across the three creek crossings, but with the late season rains they were mostly covered. We had come prepared, though, so took off our boots and put on our Crocs and kept going.

The walk then opened out to more rocky spinifex country.

The pools and waterfall at the end were really pretty and Dazz enjoyed a swim (too cold for me).

Emma Gorge

There were some pretty pools further up the creek and interesting samples of ripple rock. The reflected light on the red gorge walls is always stunning, and Dazz enjoyed a swim under the waterfall.

Chamberlain Gorge

We had some time after we got back from Emma Gorge so we drove out to Chamberlain Gorge for a quick look. 

El Questro Gorge

Dazz had a meeting in the afternoon which ruled out trying to get to the end of El Questro Gorge. He also decided that he'd rather go slow and take photos with his good camera than take the old camera and walk through water and climb boulders to get through the middle pool. It was a really pretty walk as this gorge is narrower and more rainforest-y than the other ones.

Airing up the tyres after all the dirt roads.

We went back in to Kununurra to restock fuel and groceries and Dazz found another bird while I was making lunch...

Restless Fly-catcher