Manning Gorge, Kimberly, WA

Best Laid Plans get Canned!

Spreadsheet…What Speadsheet?

 

Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th July

Manning Gorge

Much to Simon’s disgust I was adamant that we should have 3 nights at Manning gorge and so it was agreed (albeit reluctantly) and the spreadsheet schedule was temporarily abandoned! We set off to hike the 5km round trip to the gorge, it was rocky and steep in parts with very little shade so it was a wonderful sight when the waterfall and swimming hole appeared. The swimming and waterfall were great, Simon and the boys found rock ledges to jump from and I found a good spot for sunbaking. The campsite is situated around the Manning River and we took a dip on the way home before heading back to camp. That night the boys made the fire and we cooked our first ever damper with cinnamon and raisins for pudding -yum!

The leap of faith!

 

Galvans Gorge

Galvans gorge was an easy walk and well worth the visit as it was a beautiful place, lush and tropical with refreshing swimming and a simple waterfall. Our morning was spent wallowing in the water, looking at the Aboriginal rock art and observing a black snake as it idled past.

 

After a long  soak in the Manning river (with a freshwater croc as company) we headed back to pack up camp and prepare to leave early the next morning heading off to King Edward River in the Mitchell Plateau, one of the remotest legs of our trip.

A lone boab tree overlooks the gorge