Kimberley

The Kimberley region was one of the earliest settled parts of Australia with the first arrivals landing about 41,000 years ago, probably from the islands of what is now Indonesia. Nowadays the region is regarded as one of the last remaining wilderness areas on earth.

Derby - The Boab Prison Tree, with a girth of 14m the tree is believed to be about 1500 years old. It was used as a staging point for prisoners being walked to Derby gaol.

Down the Gibb River /Fairfield Leopold Downs Roads to Windjana Gorge National Park on only the second day of its opening after the wet season. Bush was alight and burning as we turned off the track into the park.

Windjana Gorge, part of a 375 million year old Devonian reef system which was once under the sea. We are stood inside the 100m high walls carved by the flowing of the Lennard River. No sign of any crocodiles despite looking for some.

Tunnel Creek National Park - The girls inside the oldest cave system in WA. The creek flows through a water worn 750m long tunnel beneath the limestone of the Napier Range. Wading through knee deep water we didn't go far as we were the only ones there and not one of us knew the way and what might have been in the water.

Purnululu National Park, Bungle Bungle Range. World Heritage listed, the view from our open door helicopter of the 300m high black banded beehive shaped domes which rise above the plains. Made of sandstone and rough conglomerates and moulded by the weather over millions of years.

Bungle Bungle - Cathedral Gorge a huge natural amphitheatre with a pool which fills in the wet season from the now dry waterfall at the top of the picture. The acoustics are amazing especially as we had the place to ourselves. The amount of water and the forces it took to form this place are pretty inspiring.

Striking a pose on top of the rock outcrop know as 'Kelly's Knob' overlooking the town of Kununurra. The lookout at 191m gives great views of the town. Kununurra was used for the majority of the filming of the film Australia and Nicole Kidman claims that the local water helped her get pregnant while filming in this town stating, "Seven babies were conceived out of this film and only one was a boy. There is something up there in the Kununurra water because we all went swimming in the waterfalls, so we can call it the fertility waters now." She provides no insight as to how they managed to make such a boring film though.