Tunnel Creek and Windjana Gorge by Toby

Yesterday we left to go to Windjana Gorge NP. We set up camp under the shade of the trees, with a great view of the old Devonian reef which was made from limestone (very sharp rock). After we had set up we went to Tunnel Creek. We had headlamps and reef shoes. It was a big creek in a tunnel and it was not man made. There were stalactites( spikes hanging from the roof) and stalactmites (spikes growing up from the ground). In the tunnel we saw a group of ghost bats hanging from the roof. The water was up to my belly button at the entrance! We also walked past 2 crocs up close in the water!!!

Last night we went down the track to the water and shone our headlamps onto the water and saw red dots everywhere which were the crocs eyes shining in the light. On the way back Dad and Samuel spotted a sugar glider gliding to a tree.

This morning we walked a 7km walk through Windjana Gorge. We saw lots of freshwater crocs along the way, and I collected lots of rocks in the sand. Walking in the sand was really hard. Parts of the walk were like the jungle and there were vines scattered everywhere! On the way back the beach was covered with crocodiles. We saw over 40 crocs! There were lots of crocs swimming around in the water and diving underneath.

 homework and painting

 tunnel creek

 ghost bats.....Toby's wish came true

 dinner time

 nautiloids

 lots of freshwater crocs...