Walking up El Questro Gorge was one of the highlights of our Kimberley trip. The narrow ravine, lined with palms and ferns, gradually becomes narrower until you reach the halfway point, where it is totally blocked by an enormous boulder. Some intrepid agile walkers climb up and over to continue to the real end of the gorge. Climbing up entails walking through shoulder deep water, then scaling almost vertical wet rock. We watched people slipping and falling rather dramatically, only reaching the top with help from others who took their packs and grabbed their hands etc. Of course we were content to sit, swim, sketch and enjoy everything, right where we were! Thanks Frizz for causing me to think of E today 🙂
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I would be one of the rock sitters. 🙂
Beautiful rock, but I would never try to climb it.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
It’s great to see a bit more of El Questro’s gorge. I can imagine how cool and refreshing the water must have been after hiking only half the distance. When I see that enormous rock my mind tries to grapple with the extent of the storm and the flash flood that must have ensued to have dislodged it and deposited it here – awesome. 🙂
when white people first came there the weather was quite violent, which the local population attributed to the invader’s ignorance of protocol … you can’t just blunder into these ancient powerful places … so maybe it happened then?
What a mine of wonderful photos and anecdotes you have from your trip 🙂
yes indeed, i wonder how many will surface in the blog? … for example next week for FFF i will have a chance to show a flower collection … so many wonderful shots, some even in focus!
Beautiful rock, fresh water, and trees behind the scene… That is a perfect shot!
must be a wonderful challenge – we had a similar climbing trip once in Spain – it was interesting, to meet those people at the end who managed to come through …
– “…gradually becomes narrower until you reach the halfway point, where it is totally blocked by an enormous boulder…”
I’d be with you, watching, listening and relaxing.
the reflective ones, versus the adventure nuts!
Ditto to Gilly’s comment 🙂 What a perfect place to just ‘be’ 🙂
Aah, looks so inviting, want to jump in and splash around!
oh yes, sooo refreshing … just imagine the sounds of splashing water, bird song, gentle breezes in the palms … 🙂
Yum…..
Very inviting water, would love to jump in for a splash.
yes, it was cool and fresh!
I cannot imagine even trying to climb up a wet and slippery boulder to keep going…nope, I’ll sit and relax and enjoy watching the antics of the others.