15-20/06/2015 - photos
Participants: Tom Brennan, Rachel Grindlay, Caro Ryan, Alan Osland, Sheila McDowall, Paul McCann
Day 10
Grass? No, a rather green pool. Thankfully one that can be walked around rather than swam through.
Sheila and Rachel swimming the canyon at the end of the first section of gorge
Jane, Jane and Jane?
Cane toad - unfortunately they have made it here as well
Rachel at the entrance to the Bat Canyon
Caro heading for deep water
Rachel in a shallow spot in the pool
Swimming through the guano-filled water - an olfactory treat!
Sheila checking out the massively deep canyon
Canyon formation
Caro and Alan
Sheila waiting for the clogging to clear
Alan scrambles out
Sheila continues up the canyon
Canyon formation
Rachel and Alan at the turnaround point - blocked by a short but slippery waterfall
Caro, Sheila and Rachel heading back
Swimming one of the pools
Canyon formation
Alan climbing back from exploring a side gorge
Rachel and Caro wading back in the main gorge
Caro near the junction of three gorges
Aboriginal art on the walls of the narrowest gorge
In the gorge - reflections
Alan and Caro wading, the closest we come to a swim
Rachel on a ledge with some faint aboriginal art
Sheila looks back at the narrow gorge we have walked up
At the head of our gorge, a dark chasm awaited us. Looking out from inside the chasm
Alan trying to get further upstream without a swim
Alan admiring the canyon
Canyon formation
Canyon formation
Canyon formation
Sheila and Rachel looking for the way up into the chasm
Rachel cooling off after a hot day
Sheila admiring the deep slot
Sunset on the cliffs above our campsite
Rachel at camp on top of the waterfall
Camping platform
Sunset
Day 11
On the way up the gorge the next morning, we head up this side gorge...
...to a massive dry waterfall
The party heading up the recently burnt gorge - Rachel, Alan, Sheila, Caro, Paul
We drop into a rocky gorge, which is pleasant walking but no flowing water
Paul at the top of a dry fall
Rachel and Sheila at a water lily pool
Looking down another dry fall
Climbing down a small dry fall to a pool for morning tea
Water Lilies (Nymphaea sp)
Rachel and Sheila bypassing another pool
Green Tree Snake cooling itself in a pool
The creek that we have been following leads into the top of the Bat Canyon - Rachel and Alan heading towards the entrance
Unfortunately the way is barred by a 12m overhanging waterfall
Rachel and Alan relaxing at the waterfall
Rachel enjoying a swim at the bottom of the main dry fall in the creek
In order to check out the pass that we intend to take the next day, Rachel, Alan and I follow a route across the tops that involves crossing two gorges - Alan and Rachel scrambling in the first gorge
Alan at the top of the large dry fall, the same one that we walked up to in the morning
View from the top of the falls
Rachel scrambling down a steep pass into the second gorge
Rachel in the canyon downstream from the pass - the same canyon that opens out in the chasm
Rachel in the canyon
Alan and Rachel reversing a short but slippery drop
Looking down into the gorge where we are camped, beneath the cliffs in the sun