Adventure Tours Day 2-Jim Jim Falls and Twin Falls

Today the 4x4 part of the adventure got started.  BigC was over the moon to explore the back bush area while bouncing all over the trails.  We drove through water 60mm deep.   Apparently a couple of weeks ago a bloke with a hire car drove it through this creek and drowned the car.  I'm not sure that the rental car insurance covers you when you make decisions like driving your car down a 4x4 trail and eventually drowning it...

This is what happened to our vehicle through the creek. Luckily it didn't slow us down much as we have a plethora of tyres on this thing!

This ball thing helps the park rangers at Twin Falls determine if there are saltwater crocodiles in the water. They soak it in fish oil and then put it in the water. Small indents mean that freshwater (will attack you, but won't kill you) are around. The large indents mean that a salt water crocodile (will kill you and eat you without thinking twice) is in the area.

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So we (and the bloke in the hire car) were headed to an incredible area. Due to the whole crocodile situation, they no longer allow swimming in the area.  Instead we take a quick boat cruise up to a great hiking trail. In the wet season, or just "the wet" since Aussies shorten EVERYTHING, there is an incredible waterfall here. However, the entire area is under water (allowing saltwater crocodiles to enter) and you can only fly over the falls.  Australia is a fickle girl.

In the afternoon we hiked up yet another perfectly reasonable and not at all safe by North American standards path that led to an amazing water hole.

They are "pretty sure" that there are no saltwater crocodiles in here so we went for a swim.  BigC was the first to realize that this rock could be climbed.  They spent the better part of an hour climbing up and then sliding down the front in to the water.

What a blast!

 I didn't get any photos on the way back. BigC managed to get off the track and unfortunately used his climbing abilities in the process. By the time he realized he was missing we were all pretty worried about him.  He started hollering and Dave and our guide climbed straight up several meters to rescue him.  Poor thing got some green ant bites for his trouble.

The tents on night 2 are 2 person tents so I buddied up with this guy for the night.

This is the view from our tent.  I may never leave this place!

 we ended the night with marshmallows around the campfire and then collapsing in to bed absolutely exhausted.

**only after we were settled in to our next campground did our guide let us know that a death adder snake had recently bitten a woman at this campsite.  That was why he had explicitly told us only to walk on the trails and not cut through any leaf covered ground.  What usually happens when you get bitten by a death adder?  Guess.  She apparently made it through, most do not.