Kimberly Journey Part 6

[shakyHands]

The next day was mainly travelling from El Questro to the Manning gorge campsite. One of the things of interest was the crossing of the Pentecost River

This is the Pentecost River crossing -



A vehicle crossing the river -



A view back over the Cockburn ranges after the river crossing -



We stopped for a short walk at Bindoola Falls. There wasn't much water flowing -



On the flat rock at the top of the falls, there was a Western Ring-tailed Dragon -



At the next river crossing (maybe another branch of the Pentecost) a Great Bowerbird was having a bath -



As it splashed around it displayed its purple plumage on the back of its neck. I knew that the males developed this but I hadn't seen it displayed, so happy to get even the glimpse shown here -



One of the plants - a Rosella bush. A form of hibiscus thought to have been introduced by Sri Lankan traders a few thousand years ago and now considered naturalised. It is edible -

[MJ224]

Lovely set. That lizard is great, Are there more reptiles around...?

[shakyHands]

MJ224 With the exception of Freshwater crocodiles we saw very few - someone else saw a snake. I had expected to see more but perhaps with 15-20 people marching around they stayed out of the way. Something must be providing food for the large population of kites!