One of the nicest cruises we have done was in the Geikie Gorge (27km from Fitzroy Crossing). We took the 4:00pm cruise which really shows off the amazing colours of the gorge in the late afternoon sun. Put this one on your bucket list folks and it’s really cheap too; run by WA National Parks. It is a 1 hour trip upstream from the National Park entrance.
When the Fitzroy is in full flood during the wet season it covers the whole national park. Those floods rise over 16 metres up the gorge walls and the continuous rise and fall of the water has left the bottom of the walls bleached white. The parks visitors centre has flood records nailed to the walls and roof with the highest level recorded as 2 metres above the roof; which is about 6 metres off the ground. The building is also about 20 metres above the current river level.
Geikie Gorge will shortly be renamed to it’s original indigenous name of Danggu.
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