Week 40/52 - Part2 - Gibb River Road - gorging on gorgeous gorges

Welcome to Part 2 of week 40 of our 52 week tour Downunder Western Australia.
Tonight we continue along the Gibb River Road and visit some more of its stunning gorges -

A short drive from Mt Barnett and Manning Gorge (our last stop) is Galvans Gorge. The car park is right on the road side and it is a short easy walk (2.4km return) to the lovely shaded pool of the Gorge. Smaller than other gorges along The Gibb, the pool is still large enough for a swim, however camping is not allowed.

In this photo you can see a boab tree high above the gorge, and a waterfall trickling down the rock face. If you search you might find aboriginal paintings on the rock walls.

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The path into the gorge ran along the edge of the stream where there were ponds of water lillies.

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Our next stop was Adcock Gorge, located about five kilometres off the Gibb River Road along a very rocky 4WD track. It is not a long walk in although you have to clamber over a few boulders. This lovely tree was at the edge of the water.

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I found the reflections of the surrounding cliff faces particularly beautiful for photography when we visited in the morning. It was a very hot day, so while my husband climbed up around the other side of the gorge, I sat in the shade and took reflection photos.

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Another from Galvins Gorge

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My husband up on the wall face at Adcock Gorge. You can see on the left there a massive tree root.

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Some liquid gold - reflections of the cliff face playing on the water at Adcock Gorge.....

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And Lennards Gorge. The walk down into this Gorge is only for those very fit and agile. It looked like an amazing place to swim, but we decided not to attempt it. However two people passed us and went down and were swimming in the gorge. You can just see them there in the picture in the water below the waterfall. It was hard to photograph the Gorge with half of it in deep shadow and the other half in blinding sunlight. You have to be careful at this gorge because you are at the top of the gorge looking down - the cliff faces are very steep and high.

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