12 - Wyndham

June 2016 - 02/6/16

It felt quite arduous leaving El Questro. We could have easily postponed departure, staying a while longer; it was such a delightful place. But it was time to move and we made our way to Wyndham the most northern town in Western Australia.

A Wyndham local

We enjoyed the views from the Five Rivers Lookout, watching a magnificent sunset while enjoying a few nibbles and drinks with Bruce & Chris. It was another one of those superb evenings. 

View from 5 rivers lookout

Sunset from the lookout

A drive to view the Prison Boab Tree and nearby Aboriginal cave paintings was enjoyable.

Aboriginal rock art

Brolgas

Most satisfying was spending time at Marlgu Billabong perched in a bird hide over a large billabong. There was so much bird life, even in the middle of the day. It was just so inspiring. We saw a White Breasted Sea Eagle, Brolgas, Whistling Kites and about a dozen plus other bird varieties.

Our highlight at the billabong was when we heard a large splash and we saw a crocodile coming out of the water and latch onto a bird, dragging it down under the surface. We hadn’t sighted any crocodiles in the 45 minutes we had been watching and suddenly we saw another two crocodiles heading towards the crocodile with the bird.

It was exhilarating and scary at the same time. About half an hour later the crocodile surfaced with the bird still in its jaws and we watched in awe as it chomped on the bird.

Crocodile with caught meal

Almost consumed

All done