And so ends our Horizontal Fall's adventure wonderfull, amazing, and just plain good fun. Back to Broome now to replace a battery charger and then turning south towards Port Hedland and all the great coastal things to see and do.

Derby from the air
Looking down at the mud flats and you can see where the water remains- where the green is

These areas dry out the mangroves keep it all together

Beautiful beaches but no-one can get there unless they go by boat.

Flying over the Archipelago

Looking down from the plane

Horizontal Fall's so narrow and so much water the area between the two openings is a lot lower though you can't see.

Here you can see both openings this was taken from the air.

Fast boat about to go through it's fairly dangerous they do a great job as the incoming water pushes you forward but also side-ways.

Looking through the Horizontal Fall's there is over a metre drop just here and it becomes more by the time you get to the other side.

Local bitie that comes visit at night they are very inquisative

Joy one of the other ladies, Bill and myself enjoying an evening on board.

Oops got this one twice, sorry

Bill and his fish, not huge but he was very pleased and it was very tasty a Blue Line Emperor they call it.

Moon-light

Too little, too pretty this one went back

Comorant having a feed

Turtle watching around the reef at low tide, this reef was a metre higher than where we where and then it gets covered with the incoming tide. No pretty colors here as it's too muddy but plenty of turtles and bird life. Cooling off on board as you can't swim off the back because of sharks, very pleasant anyway

Whale watching we saw a Mum and her calf really close but hard to get photos

Swim tank at Silver Gull, it was originally a water tank and the put a top on it (shade mesh) and kept the water running and now they have a swimming tank complete with table and chairs in the water no less, great fun but don't get sploshed otherwise you won't get out.

This is the loo at Silver Gull it actually works but you flush it with a bucket, what a view!!!!

Derby/ Horizontal Fall's

View from the top of Silver Gull a very unique little place that we visited. The people that live here sailed in on a yacht 17yrs ago and just stayed and their home is "different" to say the least, the beers and ???? flow freely and everyone has a wonderful time. Rock formations along the way

Here we are again enjoying a swim in Croc Creek

Bill with his crocs in Croc Creek

Croc Creek

Bob one of the other people with us enjoying the water-fall

Up the ladder to Croc Creek

Golden Snapper one of many that we caught.

Bill having a snooze on board tired out from all that fishing, eating more like it.

Croc Creek at the top of the ladder and then just a short walk up to the pool and water-fall

Oysters anyone, fresh as we collected them about 2hrs before we ate them or rather they ate them I don't like oysters

Coming into Croc Creek another place that we went to swim, can't swim off the Cat as the sharks soon find you. Here we went up a ladder to the top where there was a lovely pool and a little waterfall, magic I keep saying that but it really was.
Swim beach and just around those rocks is where the boys collected the oysters.

Bill enjoying the breeze

Heading away from the "Kimberley Cat" for an excursion

The dark mark is the high tide and the colors are magic this photo really doesn't do it justice the sun was in the wrong place. We're still on Talbot Bay here

Eagle checking us out. Crab for dinner so easy to get about an hour and we had enough for the eight of us for dinner.

Nathan our skipper with Bill's shark only a little one but what a fight he put up Bill thought he had a whale on the line.

Party boat that we used to get out and about in off to the beach for a swim or crabbing, fishing, picking oysters or just cruising around watching the bird life. We saw whales, dolphins, turtles and heaps of birds.

Our cabin for the cruise / We're still on the Barra Shack where we landed and that's the falls behind us I still look a bit green from the flight but Bill is feeling no pain a la pills!!

Aerial view just outside of Derby over the mud-flats.

This is the sea-plane that took us out to Talbot Bay where the Catamaran was waiting for us

Derby picture theatre, currently not operating but their working on it apparently has one of the oldest projectors still working in Aust.

New play area at the Derby swimming pool we had the place to ourselves.

Ships prop that a tree has grown around.

Derby wharf or rather boat ramp, very high tides here what they call a spring tide is a 12m whopper but it only happens that big twice a year. Other times it's between 6-8m still a huge tide.

New buildings going up everywhere in Derby

Hi folks, well from Camballin we headed back into Derby to wait for our Horizontal Fall's adventure. At least this time it didn't rain in Derby and we had a nice visit even found their swimming pool not that the locals use it at this time of the year. The people who own The Point the restaurant down at the wharf also own the Burny Island tour boat how about that. We rode the bike and in general had a lazy time.