One of my favourite places in Australia is the Kimberley region. Timber Creek in the Victoria River area is a little town with a couple of garages and caravan parks. We have been twice before and wanted Elaine and Bob to experience the croc feeding in the park and also the sunset river cruise. For a while there it didn't look like the cruise was running. They needed at least eight people to go but luckily got 26 in the end.
The three and a half hour cruise is by fast boat about 70klms return up the river and back, stopping at a pontoon for hot and cold finger food and nibbles. Neville our bus plus boat guy, is very knowledgeable of the area having lived there most of his life and having a business in this small town.
We saw lots of crocs both salties and freshies. Neville feeds the sea eagles and kites, we all liked the wildlife sightings. I was thrilled to get a good photo of a jabiru, I felt I was really now in the Northern Territory.
Sunset was lovely with the majestic red mountains behind and the colours reflected in the water.
Sea Eagle
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Jabiru
The two nights at Timber Creek went fast, we had seen the croc feeding the first afternoon and then the cruise the second evening. Bob drove us out a two lookouts not far from town on our second day and we took some nice photos. We enjoyed a coffee and cakes in the Croc Shop run by Neville and his wife. I bought another book on the life of an early pioneer to the outback. I think I had got one last time I came through.
We left Timber Creek about the same time as an army convoy from Bradshw Traing Feild as we headed towards Victoria River Roadhouse and to Katherine for one night. The Katherine rodeo and show was on not far from the park we stayed in so we heard the fireworks and music coming from that venue.
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