Windjana Gorge and Tunnel Creek

We left Oz this morning at the campsite and set off once again on the unsealed road toward Tunnel Creek. Our Sydney friends had told us of a river crossing along the road at some point that may be our undoing, but we were travelling along nicely and thought that maybe in the couple of days since they had been there it had dried up, when we rounded the corner and found this!!

Troy got out and had a bit of a wade through the water, deciding it was too deep for us to get across. We were humming and haaring about what do do when a knight in shining armour came bounding around the corner. Or more to the point Andy and Marilyn from Queensland in a trusty 4WD!!

And being the wonderful people that they are offered to take us in their car to Windjana Gorge and Tunnel Creek! We piled in the back and set off. Windjana gorge was amazing, a really large rock face with a gorge running through the middle. 

The gorge had a few fresh water crocs, so there was no swimming, but you could get up very close to them, and they were small and quite friendly looking!! 

We then went back to Tunnel Creek, which is a creek that runs through a cave, infamous because an Aboriginal outlaw hid here from the authorities. That is about all I know as we opted out of the $60 per head Aboriginal guided tour!! You had to climb over some big rocks to get into the cave, and but once inside it was mainly smaller rocks and was quite sandy and dark. 

At times we had to walk through water, but it only got to about knee deep. About half way along a section of the cave had collapsed, giving a great view of some of the cave walls. It almost looked like a sandcastle! 

We made it to the other end, where you could swim in the creek. We didn't see any crocs here, and Troy and the kids had a quick dip before we made our way back through the cave. 

It took us a while to get out as a big tour group had just arrived and were climbing in through the entrance! We drove back to Yeti, said our goodbyes to Andy and Marilyn and drove back to Oz. We did a quick pack up, and then made our way to Fitzroy Crossing, arriving at the caravan park at the same time some other fellow travellers Mel and Harry from Balnarring, who we first met at Kurrajong, arrived too! We set up camp, then went and had a drink with Andy and Marilyn, who happened to be in the park also, and then another drink with Mel and Harry, before bed!