Cockburn Range

Day 8

Cockburn Range scenery

Rachel and boab

Rachel at our morning tea swimming hole

Rachel and Caro beneath large cliffs

Caro waits for Alan to check the depth - yep it's deep!

Our campsite has some unexpected attractions - a large olive python decides it would like to sleep with Caro

Day 9

Caro emerging at the end

Aboriginal art on the wall of the gorge

Alan and I climb a nearby hill to look down into the main gorge - Alan here on the edge of the main gorge

Rachel and Alan set off to explore the section of the gorge that we have bypassed

Alan scaling the waterfall in a side gorge

Paul

Day 10

Jane, Jane and Jane?

Sheila checking out the massively deep canyon

Caro and Alan

Caro, Sheila and Rachel heading back

Alan climbing back from exploring a side gorge

Rachel and Caro wading back in the main gorge

In the gorge - reflections

Alan admiring the canyon

Canyon formation

Sheila and Rachel looking for the way up into the chasm

Sheila admiring the deep slot

Sunset

Day 11

We drop into a rocky gorge, which is pleasant walking but no flowing water

Green Tree Snake cooling itself in a pool

Unfortunately the way is barred by a 12m overhanging waterfall

Rachel enjoying a swim at the bottom of the main dry fall in the creek

Alan and Rachel reversing a short but slippery drop

Looking down into the gorge where we are camped, beneath the cliffs in the sun

Day 12

Rachel in the shallow canyon

Rachel, Caro, Sheila and Paul climbing out of the valley to the plateau

Alan and I go off exploring for the afternoon - Alan in an overhang with aboriginal art

Tom on the cairn on Mount Cockburn South

Rachel at the campsite at the head of the main falls

Emma Gorge

Day 13

Rachel and Tom at breakfast

Caro reflecting

Rachel descending the pass

Sheila and Rachel at Emma Gorge