Chris Gravett

Today a mixture of landscapes and wildlife. Images again from our Kimberley Adventure with Kimberley Wild  who I can only praise for their local knowledge and superb customer care.

To kick off a beautiful image entitled Sundown over the Chamberlain River. It was so peaceful here in El Questro as we spent an hour or two drifting along the river at sunset.

Just a couple of months ago this water was TWENTY metres high than in this picture. Yes metres! The wet season reeked unprecedented havoc in this wilderness and it will take years to recover.

Next a view over the Ord River and in the background Lake Argyle. As a photographer it's easy to get a false ego by taking too seriously praise and accolades often forthcoming from people who see your work. I find it is rare that I am really satisfied with an image I have created. I can always see what I could have done better and what is wrong with it technically (usually quite a lot!). Hopefully in time I will improve. Don't get me wrong I often produce images that I like even though I know their flaws. Occasionally I produce an image that I am really pleased with and the one below fits that bill. Landscapes are not my favourite genre and it's rare that I produce a good one. overall I am really pleased with this shot taken high up on a hill (it was a long, hot, trek up there) looking down at the Ord River and Lake Argyle in the background.

Next some images from Geikie Gorge. A Gorge that has been carved by nature between the Geikie and Oscar Ranges many years ago in the Devonian geological period. You can clearly see the wet high level water line in these images. The Kimberley has just two seasons, wet and dry. In 2010/11 the wet was the wettest on record exceeding the massive flooding of 2002.

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We toured the gorge by boat, a welcome relief from hours in a four wheel drive, and also safe from the gorges population of crocodiles.

These are freshwater crocodiles, apparently harmeless, unlike the 'salty's (saltwater crocodiles) which do tend to like eating us! And despite their name can live in freshwater many miles from the sea. I had no intention of checking out whether or not the freshies were as harmless as suggested!

As at the Chamberlain River the best part of the day in Geikie Gorge was sunset