Horizontal Falls …….Wow!!!!!

Hi everyone,

The Royal Flying Doctor Service had just landed with a sick child. They do a fantastic job.

BWe have left Broome & are now at Derby some 220 kilometres north east of Broome & it is very hoooooooooot!

Derby is the closest town & ideal stepping stone to the awesome gorges of the Gibb River Road & the fantastic Horizontal Waterfall. Derby is located on King Sound near the mouth of the Fitzroy River. The average maximum temperature is 34.20C minimum 21.04C with an annual rainfall of 623mm falling between November & March.Derby was the first town to be settled in the Kimberley & is a service town to the pastoral, mining, tourism industries & aboriginal communities. It has a population of 5,000. Derby has the second biggest tides in the world (11.5m). Nova Scotia has the biggest. We drove up from Broome on the Saturday morning & that afternoon we flew by seaplane across the Buccaneer Archipelago before landing on the calm waters of Talbot Bay & transferring to our houseboat in a stunning location. We had our own air conditioned cabin.

Our seaplane awaits!
Buccaneer Archipelego was stunning.
Our houseboat .
Our first view of one of the falls.

We boarded our 900hp fast boat & experienced an exhilarating ride through the Horizontal Falls then it was time to catch our breath as we cruised Cyclone Creek & gazed in awe at the tremendous rock formations.

Gap 1 is 20 metres wide & 40 metres deep.
Gap 1
Our 900 HP fast boat.
Cyclone Creek.

Gap 2 is only 10 metres wide.
Cheryl patting shark.

 

It was then back to the houseboat where we could feed the sharks & swim in the shark cage. Cheryl was very brave & patted a little one! We had a relaxing drink with nibbles & gazed upon another great Western Australian sunset. That evening we enjoyed a perfectly cooked BBQ wild caught Barramundi dinner & afterwards we just sat & relaxed on the open top deck of the houseboat.

Drinks & nibbles on the houseboat.

 

We woke up early to the serenity of dawn at Talbot Bay enjoyed an early morning breakfast of bacon & eggs before hopping on our fast boat again & traversing Horizontal Waterfall again before returning to our houseboat & seaplane & flying back to Derby. This trip was very special & worth every dollar. I got some good Go Pro footage as well as stills.