June 4 – 6 Bell Creek National Park

We packed up in preparation for the drive to Bell Creek National Park. The kids had found a tree next to the tents, which Nick and Tom particularly were having great fun climbing. Unfortunately a large crash stopped the packing and we rushed over to see what had happened. Nicholas had fallen about 3 metres out of the tree to the hard ground below, and had scratched his arms and torso quite badly on the way down. We were concerned about the possibility of a broken arm, but thankfully all was OK.

Arrived at Silent Grove camp site late afternoon and set up in a nice shady spot. Again we were pleased to find the camp site had hot showers, flushing toilets and running water, a nice change from the camping up the WA coast. Spent the evening playing 500 with the Serisiers and Webbs.
The next two days were spent at the nearby Bell Gorge which is about 20kms from the campsite followed by a 30 min walk. After the heat of the walk we were delighted to arrive at a fantastic swimming hole, with a cascading water fall at one end. We all jumped into the water, which was surprisingly warm. We then explored further down the gorge, and found a fantastic rock slide and a 6 metre high rock platform which we had hours of fun jumping off into the water below. The first of many “jump rocks” that the kids will seek out and find through the Kimberley.
Further exploring down the gorge and we found another waterfall which I think was even bigger than the first but not accessible due to the steep cliff above it. A few nerve racking moments with kids rushing to the cliff edge to have a look.