THE VIEW FROM THE TOP!

I am going to apologise in advance. If you are stuck in your office, sitting at a desk or simply not with me you just can't be having as much fun!!!!

Yesterday we visited the stunningly beautiful King George River in Western Australia. There are not enough words, no poet, no writer, no artist could do justice to the rugged, stark beauty of this area. Yeah, you say, sure there must be.....I don't think so. Imagine a deep red, along side cobalt blue, next to cream, orange, and dotted with a tenacious green, I say tenacious because you can not believe that anything can hold onto the cliffs and grow. It really is as if an artist has dropped his/her primary colors and just walked away.

Anyway, I digress..... we arrived early in the morning and after a great breakfast our group headed off for our 5 hour Zodiac and Waterfall Walk. The trip up the river was amazing, we had a bit of a breeze down the gorge so not a bad idea to have a spray jacket and a must is a hat that stays on your head. We traveled past towering sandstone cliffs that are so old that they hold NO FOSSIL life, think about that, so old that they sediment was laid down prior to even single cell life on earth....past mangrove swamps, and may I say when the two very large crocs slid beneath the Zodiac we all held our breath (longer than the Zodiac may I just say). The falls are spectacular, they are the highest single drop falls in the Kimberley, over 80m or 260ft, at this time of year the volume of water is not as strong as let's say April/May, but simply wonderful. After pulling up on some rocks to the right of the falls we started our climb, and I mean climb, remember this is an Expedition. We slid, crawled, pulled each other up and dragged ourselves to the top of the escarpment and at this point the only word is WOW! The view is amazing and the walk to the water pools was just as fantastic. Imagine eating a very nice lunch, sitting in croc free ponds at the top of a 260ft waterfall with the sun shining, a blue sky and only 25 of your newest friends for company........as the add says priceless!

A number of folks took the heli flight to the falls and said this was amazing as well and of course our fishing tender had some great stories, believe it or not everyone has caught a fish, all huge, actually they are huge.

Oh, did I mention that when we climbed back down to the Zodiacs and rounded the corner to the falls again our tender was sitting waiting for us with chilled champagne and croissants.......not shabby at all. We then headed for the falls again, this time to get very, very very close. As you all know probably know by now, I don't let an opportunity go by, so when they asked for a volunteer or two to sit at the front of the Zodiac I didn't even ask why.....well the reason is they pull forward and dunk you under the full flow of the waterfall, needless to say I was a little wet and screamed like a girl.......so much fun. I am sure that there are pictures that will circulate the web but I will deny all participation.........

Anyway, it is 6:30am and we are approaching Bigge Island (Big) which is a significant Aboriginal art location. Will write again soon.

Lesa.