Gorgeous gorges and other bodies of water

Western Australia is dry, at least at this time of year, late winter. In the three month rainy summer season, it will be inundated. Many of the places we visited in the Kimberleys are under water in the "wet"; the most common road sign on both dirt and paved highways is "FLOODWAY," signifying to drivers that the road might disappear under a creek flow in the next dip.

So water matters here. And in consequence, in showing off the land's highlights, Australians favor hikes that lead to gorges and waterfalls. Our nine days in the outback were full of them. Here are a few.

Yes, I did float over and look down at the water fall as you can see someone doing in the picture. EP climbed down to a lower pool to sit under the flow.

Here's a pool worth hiking to.

This bit of river wasn't even much of a walk.

At Chamberlain Gorge, some of us took a short exploratory boat trip.

The sunset at Manning Gorge was magnificent.

Come to think of it, I've never seen an ocean so calm as the Indian off the town of Broome, Western Australia. Such colors!