mom in oz...trip to tunnel creek and windjana gorge

thursday my mom and i set off for an adventure up the gibb.  it was a long and bumpy journey to get there with our teeth rattling and our ears ringing once we finally arrived...but it was worth it. we went to tunnel creek first and it was so beautiful. i went all the way through, wading through the creek water, sometimes up to my waist.  it was pretty spooky. but this is where jandamarra was sighted by his tracker and eventually killed.  went to windjana gorge after that and saw lots of sunbathing crocs and beautiful birds, including a kingfisher.  it was a great day but by the time we got back we were totally exhausted from 6 hours driving on very poor dirt roads and hiking around in the hot australian sun.  i want to go back and take more photos.  see more photos here in the Mom's visit in Derby 2011 Album