Fitzroy Crossing

On our way out of Derby towards Fitzroy Crossing, we saw these Brolgas standing in the paddock.

 

 

 

 

This is the old Fitzroy River crossing which would be up to 22 metres under water in the wet season stranding tourists and locals for several months.

 

The new bridge was opened in 1974 and the town grew away from its original site.

 

 

 

The old post office is the only building remaining of the old town.

 

 

 

Crossing Inn has welcomed travellers to the Kimberley since  1897. It is the oldest pub in the Kimberley area.

 

 

The local shopping centre, including the supermarket and Post Office, mysteriously burnt down in July this year.

 

 

The main natural attraction in this area is Geikie Gorge National Park, 18 k. out of town on the Fitzroy River. In the wet season in 2007 all that was visible was the very top of the information centre roof.

The Department of Conservation and Land Management conduct guided tours up the river and through Geikie Gorge National Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These are some of the beautiful scenes in the Geikie Gorge which is part of the same limestone reef as Windjara Gorge and Tunnel Creek. The fresh water crocodile lives and breeds in this area. Barramundi, catfish and bream are regularly caught in the river at the gorge.