After all being disappointed we couldn’t see Paul Kelly in concert at Windjana Gorge we are pretty sure we may have had a private concert last night – there was a guy playing guitar a few sites over who played Paul Kelly songs and sounded a lot like Paul Kelly.
It was a leisurely start to the morning as we decided to do the 11 am Geike Gorge (our last Kimberly gorge) boat cruise which was good because it gave us (well Paul really) a chance to finish off the washing. We made a quick stop into the IGA to pick up some lunch supplies – which was met with groans of ‘not ham sandwiches again’. To which I replied, if they didn’t eat so much at dinner there would be leftovers for lunch!
It was only a short drive out of town to the national park so we arrived with plenty of time to spare – 3 whole minutes but the important thing was, we made it. All the kids were put on the boat first, our 11 were the only ones and for some reason all the older people also on the cruise didn’t want to sit behind them – although I could see their point, we didn’t want to sit behind them either.
The river was full of little freshwater crocs and the ranger put the kids to work spotting and counting them in the end we had varying numbers between 31 and 41. This Gorge was quite different to the others (aside from the fact that we were sitting down and leisurely cruising through it rather than walking over ridiculous numbers of rocks). It was part of the Devonian reef which was like the Great Barrier Reef 130 million years ago and the wet each year is eroding away the rockface leaving these amazing patterns. At one point the rock becomes a pinkish colour and the ranger explained that it was the result of an ancient algae.
After the cruise it was a quick picnic lunch in the national park because there were some fishermen keen to throw their lines in. We had ‘forgotten’ to take the kids rods – not because we didn’t want them to fish but more because we still hadn’t untangled their lines after their last fishing effort – not to mention I’m pretty sure all the lures have now been eaten by trees. So we headed back to camp where Tom and I played cards while Claire, Paul and Sam went up to the pool which was apparently freezing. You might be wondering why I haven’t mentioned Luke. Luke got himself adopted by the Burgesses at lunch time so he could go fishing. Of all the kids he has certainly showed the most passion for it .
Once everyone was back at camp the kids seemed to be amusing themselves so we decided it was a good night for wine and nibbles – actually every night is a good night for wine and nibbles but we have to pace ourselves! After a while the kids started grumbling about being hungry so we thought we should probably feed them.
After eating the last of our Kunanurra sausages which were hugely popular we packed the kids off to bed with a movie and about 15 mins later decided to head off to bed too – I think Sam was the only one asleep before me. I hope when I get back to the east coast time zone I will be able to stay awake past 9pm!
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