14/15 June

Travelled to Fitzroy Crossing and stayed at Fitzroy Crossing Lodge.

From there, we took the 4WD with the kayaks to Geikie Gorge, hoping to paddle the Fitzroy River into the gorge ourselves. That would have been possible, but it was a windy day and we would have had to fit in between the tourist barge trips so it wasn't worth all the loading and unloading. Instead, we took a barge trip ourselves and it was amazing – greatly enhanced by the commentary from one of the sons of the female tribal elder whose land it is.

The whole area was once an ancient coral reef, and the actions of the receding ocean and the rivers have carved the most amazing formations and incredibly beautiful gorges and tunnels.