Bell Gorge

9th May 2013

Well I had an early start today, with about a 3km walk just on sunrise, it was a great way to start the day. When I returned, Rach greeted me with a coffee, could it get any better.

The answer is yes, because after breakfast we went to Bell Gorge and it was nothing short of spectacular!

We arrived around 8.30am and made the 3km hike into the gorge. After about 2.5km the creek we had been following opened up into the main river just above the waterfall at the top of the gorge. We rock hopped across the river and began the steep descent into the gorge and the crystal water in the pools below the falls.

When we got to the bottom, it was just awesome. The water hole was beautiful to swim in and I could just keep going on and on about how spectacular the view in the gorge was.

We also met up with Matt, Maggie (yes another one!) and their kids Brynn & Meya and spent the best part of the day there exploring the different pools, coming across water monitors in the bottom pools which were sunning themselves on the rocks.  We had met Matt & Maggie on the Lennard Gorge walk briefly and then again at the campsite. By the way, did I mention how spectacular the views were?

Anyway, we hiked out of the gorge at about 1.30pm, as a large tour group came in, and headed for a drive to the Imintji Store on the Gibb about 35kms away. The reason for this is that we have had a couple of dramas with our battery pack charging in the car and we were trying to get some charge into it so it didn't go flat and we could run the Engel. Well we had to stop a few times along the way, replace some fuses and change a set up or two in the way things were stored in the back, but thankfully we have got everything up and running ok!

After an ice cream at the store, we made our way back to camp where we cleaned up, ate dinner and then had a few drinks with Matt & Maggie, along with the a few other people and their kids who had come into camp that afternoon. A great night was had and a well earned rest after a magnificent day.

By the way did I mention the spectacular view we saw today?