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July through to October seems to produce some spectacular bushfires throughout the Kimberley. It’s dry, often windy, and warm enough to ensure raging flames.
Apparently the vast majority are deliberately lit, to the regular annoyance of the local FESA unit. This shot is taken from our backyard, and doesn’t even come close to truly doing justice to the huge flames it was throwing off. |
Author: trevor (Page 6 of 6)
| During our 2005 trip along the Gibb River we stopped at Manning Pool for our first time and were struck by the beauty of it. We were on our way to Kalumburu to visit our parents and had travelled from Newman, picking up Derek in Broome, and settled camp at the Pool.
While we were there fishing, I tested out the panoramic function on my Nikon digital camera, taking about eight images, and then promptly forgetting about them. About six months after the trip, Derek mentioned he had spliced the images together in Gimp, and then six months after that I finally saw the finished product. Needless to say, it has been blown up, framed and sits proudly in the entrance to our house. The first of many TJ & DM collaborations? Probably not, but it does look great. |
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One of the places Emma and I like to put the boat in is up at Donkey Crossing. The stretch of river itself is about five kilometres from the main road, along a two-tyre 4WD track.
As you can see from the image, it is a peaceful, beautiful stretch of water. We’re told it’s a great spot for barra (although we haven’t caught one there yet), but we can definitely vouch for the size and quantity of the cherebin that can be caught here! |
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| The wet season in Fitzroy Crossing allows the opportunity for some amazing cloud shots with so many different colours.
This one was taken in April, towards the end of the wet, on the road out to Geikie Gorge National Park. Since then, it’s been a little barren in terms of both rain and clouds, although that is beginning to change. The past few days has seen the build-up begin again, although the locals assure me that rain is at least a few months off yet… I can only hope it comes quicker than that! |
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During the last June/July holidays, we travelled with our Fitzroy Crossing friends Kevin and Rachel along the Gibb River Road to visit Manning Gorge, near Mt Barnett. As part of the trip we also visited Bells, Adcock, Barnett River and Galvin’s Gorges. The trip entailed plenty of sight-seeing, hiking and fishing (with plenty of Sooty Grunter and Cherebin on offer). The trip was also our first chance to road-test our new 4×4 off-road camper-trailer. It passed with flying colours, through numerous creek crossings and heavy corregations. |
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Bells Gorge is a beautiful series of cascading waterfalls, similar to Mitchell Falls, but on a smaller scale. We camped the night at nearby Silent Grove before spending the morning wandering around Bells itself. Manning Pool, Manning Gorge and Manning Falls are where we spent most of our time. We camped for four nights at Manning Pool, using it as our basecamp for the other gorges. Manning Falls is very relaxing place to spend time. Galvin’s Gorge was a a little surprise package – only 500 metres from the main road, it was a small but spectacular pool and waterfall, complete with lazy water monitors, big bream swimming around and Aboriginal rock art. |
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