Tunnel Creek

7th May 2013

What a way to start the day, we woke to the sun rising over Windjana Gorge, just sensational!

After breakfast, we headed off to Tunnel Creek National Park, about 37kms further down the road from our campsite at Windjana. We arrived around 9.30am and after getting our bearings headed for the tunnel opening.

Tunnel Creek is a 1.7km tunnel which runs through/under the Napier Range and once again is truly amazing.

After a short climb down over rocks and a fallen tree, we came to the mouth of the tunnel. The walk through the tunnel was relatively easy as we crossed sand banks, rock formations and the odd creek crossing, most of which were only ankle deep, although one was up to about waist height. This is where we saw our first freshwater croc of the walk.

The walk through Tunnel Creek was absolutely spectacular and when we had reached the end of the tunnel we decided to walk on. As the trail ended, we looked up and we had come out the other side of the Napier Range. We  found ourselves climbing up the rocks toward the top of the range to get a look out over the range.

We climbed back down and went back through the tunnel and once we had reached the mouth again we decided it was a beautiful spot to stop and have lunch. So we spent the next hour or so just enjoying this beautiful place, the girls made boats out of bark & driftwood which they floated in a small pool and we just took it all in.

We drove back to Windjana and spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing in the shade and planning the next few days ahead.

It's been a great start to the Gibb and we can't wait to see what tomorrow has in store!