Another gorge or two at Kalbarri

8th July 2014

We are 2 months into our trip today; sometimes it seems a lot longer as we have packed so much in.

View from the top of Z bend gorge

View from the bottom of Z bend gorge, lookout just visible on left

Today is also our last in Kalbarri, the weather a bit iffy all day but we did manage to explore the Murchison river gorge again in two places, one known as Z bend due to the shape of the river at that point and the other was an easy access from higher up the gorge.









The climb down to the gorge at Z bend is very steep and follows a cleft in the rock, which is a watercourse when it rains.
We met some abseilers on the way.

Canyon walk to bottom of gorge [abseilers]

The climb up and down was well worth it though with some beautiful scenery and interesting geology and flora.

Horizontal tree trunk, still growing

On our second walk into the gorge further upstream it was wider and the sides much less steep.

Murchison river at Ross Graham lookout

Whilst by the river we saw a small flock of Ringneck parrots.  The male was putting on quite a courtship display with tail swaying, wing flapping a great deal of chattering!
 

Ringneck parrot at Murchison river

We finished off the day with a beach walk and a walk up to another coastal lookout.