Broome is on the doorstep of an area called the Kimberley about the size of Poland that is almost entirely pristine wilderness and is inaccessible during the Wet season due to flooding and in the Dry you need a serious 4WD rig to get in there. We had hoped that arriving here during the last month of the Wet, we would be able to reach some parts of the Kimberley, but it turns out we were naive.
Anyway, all is not lost as we booked on a tour to explore the amazing coast of the Kimberley and in particular the horizontal falls. The phenomenon of the falls is caused by the huge tides (up to 11m) and there are a couple of pinch points between two of the numerous islands off the coast where the flow of water is extremely fast.
The tour involved a seaplane flight over the coast to a bay near the falls and then a transfer to a power boat to go right up to and even through the small gap of white water. The skipper put the nose of the boat into the flowing water and had to rev the engines really hard just to keep the boat stationary. The whole trip was a tremendous experience.
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