Nitmiluk and on the road westward

From Kakadu we made our way back down to Katherine and then out to Nitmiluk National Park (Katherine Gorge), we arrived there on Wednesday 22nd August. Most of the views here are achieved by walking UP the gorge (which we did a bit of) or via the waterway either by canoe or boat trip; which is wall to wall tourists (I know we are tourists) but we opted for the birdseye view.

Liam was very nervous about a helicopter flight at first but within seconds in the air he loved it. We don't have many photos as the camera battery went dead just when we were in the air, but we can confirm it was amazing. You really understand how the gorge system is connected by seeing it from above.

We had a big journey ahead of us towards the west coast.

From Katherine to Broome is 1561 klms, so we knew we would have a few stops in between. The drive through the Kimberleys was amazing. There were many roads that we could not travel because we didn't have a 4 wheel drive, so we missed the Bungle Bungles, but it was a very enjoyable and scenic drive through Gregory National Park with many Boab trees and red mountains. We even had a view in the rear vision mirrors.

Geike Gorge

We officially entered WA on Friday morning 24th August at 7am, a little earlier than we realised due to the time difference. We stayed at Halls Creek; that place is jumping on a Friday night.
The next day (Saturday 25th August) we got to Fitzroy Crossing and took a cruise on Geike Gorge for the afternoon. More beautiful scenery and some freshwater crocs, which are the ones that don't eat you, but we weren't going to test that out.

The next day we headed to Broome, and because we got an early start we made it all the way. We have spent the last 2 days (Sunday 26th & Monday 27th August) swimming in the beach or the pool, and checking out Broome.

It certainly is the place where the red dirt meets the white sand, and we watched the sun set over the ocean - a pretty big deal for us east coasters.

We are heading towards Port Headland tomorrow but plan to stop off at Eighty Mile Beach as a halfway stop - possibly some more swimming and maybe even fishing - we'll let you know if we catch anything.

We have passed our halfway mark, both in time and klms travelled.
We have been on the road for 40 days and have covered more than 7,700 klms.