The starting point

The starting point

Sunday 29 August 2021

16/8/21 Discovery One Cruise Day 9

 

  Wow , what's in store today ? Sunrise was spectacular AGAIN!


 Crocodiles are swimming around , then coming for a visit .


 Time to leave our overnight spot in Purulba Creek , and head towards Careening Bay . Relaxing and soaking in the views was awesome , the Kimberley certainly gets inside you , we are constantly amazed at the vista that changes all the time .


 Another cruise boat , this time True North , complete with helicopter !!


 Time to read or whatever we wanted , we had a 3 hour cruise to get to the next stop - top right of the track log .


 During the cruise we had a visit to the bridge , finding out about the controls etc from our Captain Lennie.

 The coast is still rugged .




  Arriving at Careening Bay , it was off into the tenders for a walk along the beach . Just behind the beach is a boab tree , Engraved on the tree is HMC Mermaid 1820 . Here's the information about it .



 There's plenty of cycads growing along the edge of the beach - plants from prehistoric times !!


 The rock has changed to more volcanic and is darker .

Views back on the boat are pretty good .


Next we're on our way to Black Lip Bay , more classic Kimberley scenery on the way .



  Arriving to another spectacular location , and we could go for a swim !! A nice tiny beach for us play on .


  Some more strange rocks at odd angles .





  Next surprise was a cave , and not a small one either , it was a bit like Aladdins Cave with little offshoots everywhere .






  There was a section where people thought there were crystals on the roof shining at us , it did look impressive .


   The real culprit however was water droplets .


Back to the boat for a well earned beer and nibbles as the sun went down , another glorious day !!


 













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