Skip's 4x4
 Skip's 4x4
CSR - Day 7 - Thursday 12th July
Start odo 82605 time 7am. Finish odo 83126 time 4:05pm. Covered 521k
 Dinner: Sausages, fried onions, boiled potatos, butter mushroom sauce

Day 7 was bitumen to Derby to fuel up, then into the Gibb River Road. Cam took most of the pics on Day 7, so read on for descriptions, but here are 3 pics I took at the end of the day. 1502.jpg
Our nice campsite adjacent to Winjana Gorge. 1502.jpg
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A very dirty Tonka! 1503.jpg
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The colours of the cliff as the sun gets lower. 1504.jpg
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Cam's pics taken on the same day:

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Sunrise at Port Smith Lagoon. 
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Sun's getting higher! DCP04482.JPG
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Very low tide at this early hour! DCP04483.JPG
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This was all underwater the previous evening! DCP04484.JPG
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And again. See pics on previous page - this was water - where I swum! DCP04485.JPG
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More of same. DCP04486.JPG
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The sun finally peeks above the horizon. DCP04487.JPG
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1 minute later. DCP04489.JPG
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Leopold Downs Road (to Winjana gorge & Tunnel creek) DCP04490.JPG
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Walking towards Tunnel creek. DCP04491.JPG
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The next 8 pics are inside the "Tunnel" and tunnel creek. DCP04492.JPG
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This creek goes for 750m through a mountain range. DCP04494.JPG
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And this is the lagoon at the end of the tunnel. DCP04507.JPG
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Yep - that's me having a swim in the crystall clear water. DCP04509.JPG
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More scenery at the end of the tunnel. DCP04510.JPG
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The return trip back underground. DCP04511.JPG
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Back on Lepold Downs Rd. DCP04513.JPG
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The Entrance to Winjana gorge. DCP04514.JPG
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Our campsite at Winjana gorge. DCP04517.JPG
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So, what did we bring a freezer for you ask? DCP04518.JPG
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Me making a pig of myself (for the camera of course!) DCP04519.JPG
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Later in the trip the 2nd battery started to play up & only run the fridge for 4 hours per night, we decided to eat the "soft" icecream for breakfast! 

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