Sorry about the title. It's the last post I'm making about our Kimberley trip, not a kind of remembrance ceremony. We spent our last two nights on our tour of the Kimberleys at Bell Gorge, an attractive spot in the shadow of the Precipice Range, itself part of the King Leopold Ranges. The latter, believe it or not, were named after King Leopold II of Belgium! Again we were Glamping in tent-like accommodation, as shown here, and our abode was named after the nearby range.
We even had our own veranda and chairs to sit on.
The nearby Bell River looked peaceful and we saw termite mounds like the one below. During our trip we must have seen a thousand or more such mounds built by the busy little critters.
Our path to the gorge and waterfall was well wooded, although, as you will see below, rather rocky and hazardous.
Eventually we arrived at the pool at the top of a lovely, though not particularly high waterfall. At this point, our party split into two because the route to the bottom of the falls involved a lot of rock hopping up and down very steep slopes. I joined the agile rock hoppers, while Dot held back at the top of the falls.
We rock hoppers also had to navigate a creek crossing at back edge of the picture on the right, but none of us fell in!
But before we began our walk to the bottom of the falls we explored the views from the top. Quite a lot of people reached the bottom of the falls where the sunned themselves on rock ledge before daring to plunge into the pool
The rock ledge where Dot stayed is shown here and, on the right, is an example of the rock hopping terrain some of us negotiated.
The bottom of the falls, which we eventually reached, proved to be a nice swimming hole and guess who the dude in the front happens to be ... me!
Perhaps I shouldn't have posted the exhibit on the right, but I'm doing so anyway in the hope it will force me to lose a few kilos!
After our adventure at Bell Gorge we climbed on our bus to take a look at some of the views from the King Leopold Range. The left image looks across to the Precipice Range - our glamping was on the far side of it.
And here's Dot admiring the scenery, and also the pile of large boulders dotting (excuse the pun) the slope in front of us.
That evening we had a lovely meal at our lodge, including this dessert which was so creative that I had to take a picture of it! And below some of our party are at one of the dining tables having eaten that dessert.
After finishing the evening meal we headed to the camp fire for drinks and a quiet natter among ourselves.
The following morning, we headed back to Broome on our bus travelling through the King Leopold Range. By the way, the King never visited Australia. The range was named after him by explorer Alexander Forrest on 6 June 1879 - nearly 140 years ago - on account of Leopold's great interest in exploration. I wonder how many Belgians are aware of that!
And so, eventually, we arrived back in Broome after an eventful and generally very happy tour. A trip to this outpost of humanity is highly recommended.
AS
We even had our own veranda and chairs to sit on.
The nearby Bell River looked peaceful and we saw termite mounds like the one below. During our trip we must have seen a thousand or more such mounds built by the busy little critters.
Our path to the gorge and waterfall was well wooded, although, as you will see below, rather rocky and hazardous.
Eventually we arrived at the pool at the top of a lovely, though not particularly high waterfall. At this point, our party split into two because the route to the bottom of the falls involved a lot of rock hopping up and down very steep slopes. I joined the agile rock hoppers, while Dot held back at the top of the falls.
We rock hoppers also had to navigate a creek crossing at back edge of the picture on the right, but none of us fell in!
But before we began our walk to the bottom of the falls we explored the views from the top. Quite a lot of people reached the bottom of the falls where the sunned themselves on rock ledge before daring to plunge into the pool
The rock ledge where Dot stayed is shown here and, on the right, is an example of the rock hopping terrain some of us negotiated.
The bottom of the falls, which we eventually reached, proved to be a nice swimming hole and guess who the dude in the front happens to be ... me!
Perhaps I shouldn't have posted the exhibit on the right, but I'm doing so anyway in the hope it will force me to lose a few kilos!
After our adventure at Bell Gorge we climbed on our bus to take a look at some of the views from the King Leopold Range. The left image looks across to the Precipice Range - our glamping was on the far side of it.
That evening we had a lovely meal at our lodge, including this dessert which was so creative that I had to take a picture of it! And below some of our party are at one of the dining tables having eaten that dessert.
The following morning, we headed back to Broome on our bus travelling through the King Leopold Range. By the way, the King never visited Australia. The range was named after him by explorer Alexander Forrest on 6 June 1879 - nearly 140 years ago - on account of Leopold's great interest in exploration. I wonder how many Belgians are aware of that!
AS
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