The Horizontal Waterfalls we were told, was a MUST SEE from all the people we talked to on our journey around Western Australia. And believe me, the money was well spent.
This place is R..E..M..O..T..E. There is NOTHING around this spot on the map, except some really ROUGH country. This place is a hidden gem. You cannot get to it by car. Years ago you could only get to this place by boat. Now, they have seaplanes, Xtreme boats, and small cruisers to see these lagoons and waterfalls.
We started our journey by seaplane. There were ten of us on this flight, excluding the pilot. It was a nice trip with only a slight bit of turbulence as we crossed over the floodplains and hills.
Views of some of the bays and lagoons tantalized us as we got closer to our destination.
This was our destination. The Horizontal Waterfalls.
As you can see there’s water running into the lagoon. The tide is rising, so the water is filling up the front lagoon. As it does this, it creates what they call a ‘horizontal’ waterfall. And of course, when the tide recedes, the waterfall reverses. The amount of water coursing through here is beyond comprehension. The depth of the actual inlet is 45 metres and the width of the gorge is 22 metres. The water rushes through these two places with immense force. Our plane was to land in the middle lagoon.
As we descended the mangroves become clearer with the white sandy bottom turning the water aqua.
We swapped places with the previous passengers, put our life rings on and ‘saddled up’ on the seats provided.
This is the highlight of the trip. Zipping in and out of this narrow gorge with the waters rushing through. And in this little ‘zodiac’ type boat, we were hurled through it several times.
The exhilaration was great. The young lad that drove the boat, handled it extremely well.
Chris sat at the front, while i sat a little further back. Both of us enjoyed this ride immensely.
We made our way to a larger boat where we had morning tea and settled down for some sight seeing as we cruised up Cyclone Creek.
The views were wonderful. There’s too many to put here, but they will be on the slide show. (tomorrow morning)
Well, we had a tasty lunch of salads and BBQ barramundi. Even tried our hand at fishing, but once again,..nothing…not one bite. Ah well.
After a couple of hours, we headed back to the waterfalls to ‘play’. We then headed up to the bay and waited for our plane to land.
The sea plane landed with passengers from Broome, where we once again, exchanged places and headed home to Derby.
This was an awesome day. The money it cost was well worth it. We may not have caught a fish or been able to swim, but it certainly was a great day out.
Tomorrow, we will relax and fill in the day. I’m looking forward to sleeping in and just absorbing the events from the last two days.
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