07-14/06/2015 - photos
Participants: Tom Brennan, Rachel Grindlay, Caro Ryan, Alan Osland, Sheila McDowall, Paul McCann
Day 1
Early morning start sees us walking down the road to the dock
Sheila and Paul disembarking the boat at Revolver Creek
Rachel and Sheila walking along Revolver Creek
Rachel at a lovely swimming hole on Revolver Creek
Paul in Revolver Creek gorge
Day 2
Caro on steep slopes above the creek in Revolver Chasm
Rachel and Caro survey the route ahead up the gorge
What I expected to be a dryfall, turned out to be a beautiful swimming hole with a waterfall emerging from a canyon
Alan, Rachel and Paul rock hopping up Revolver Chasm
Caro near the top of the pass
Paul, Rachel and Sheila en route to our campsite for the night at the top of the falls
Rachel above Revolver Falls
Day 3
Paul climbs the ridge to the watershed
Rachel looking into our next creek (which I since dubbed Karijini Creek)
Algae and water flowers
Rachel and Sheila in the long grass and pandanus
Rachel and Alan at Three Falls Camp, one of the best campsites of the trip, with a deep pool surrounded by three small waterfalls
Yeehaa!
Sheila, Rachel, Caro and Paul around the fire
Day 4
Rachel at our morning tea swimming hole
Wowsers! Caro and Rachel check out the waterfall and impending swim!
Caro and Rachel wading a shallower pool
Unfortunately there are also cane toads in the gorge
Rachel checking out whether she can keep dry feet in the side creek
Rachel and Caro scrambling
The swim through unpleasant green water disappears around the corner
Alan slips into the back of the photo of Rachel!
Back at camp, on pebbly banks
Day 5
Caro and Rachel admire the by now massively deep gorge
Sheila, Rachel, Caro and Alan
Sheila and Rachel in the side canyon - this swim goes out of sight around the corner
Caro climbing up to the chamber at the head of the canyon
Below the side canyon, the gorge opens out. Paul and Sheila wading
Reflections
Day 6
Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis) - there was also a small Olive Python at the top of this drop!
Rachel and Sheila
Caro, Sheila and Rachel
Alan near the junction of the two branches of this impressive system
Magnificent Tree Frog (Litoria splendida)
The gorge is more open, but this small waterhole is good enough for lunch and a swim
Rachel, Sheila, Alan and Caro
Synchronised scrambling, a new Olympic sport
Rachel tries to climb up this little drop
Getting late, and we still haven't found a campsite
Paul, Caro and Rachel around the fire
Day 7
Reflections
The long swim - a couple of hundred metres down the gorge to the plains
Snake!
Rachel, Caro and Paul
Boab tree
The end of the gorge and the start of the plains
The heli arrives, though it was circling for a while a couple of hundred metres away, which was a worry