Day 14 – Monday 2 August 2021 – 38km

This morning we went around 9.30am to Buley Rockholes to get there before the crowd, it was already 29 degrees.  Buley Rockholes is on Florence Creek above the falls and is a series of water holes with small water cascades flowing down from one to the other, it is absolutely beautiful. The smallest and shallowest holes are at the top and the largest rockhole is at the base of the cascades. We started out at the base and had the waterhole all to ourselves for a while until the hordes of people started to arrive. We stayed in the water for more than an hour before getting out & drying off.  We had some morning tea. We chatted to lots of people and walked up to the top of the rockholes. There are lots of children near the top as it is a lot shallower.

We sat and had our lunch in the shade then venture into the water for another couple of hours, getting back & leg massages from the waterfall as it cascaded against our backs. We chatted with a very pleasant & knowledgeable young man on many subjects.  He gave us some advice about places to go to, one place in particular very near our caravan park, called Cascades.  We ventured off at around 3.30pm so that we could get to Cascades.  We couldn’t help ourselves, we had to stop & take some photos of some amazing rock formations around here.

We drove back past the turn-off to our campsite and went to the Cascades. This was a long walk, about three quarters of the way it became very rocky and slippery. We had the enthusiasm to keep going but Tereza’s dodgy knees & common sense convinced us that we were not goats.  We saw a couple of goannas, not at all perturbed by our presence. The Cascades had crocodile warning signs so our reluctance to enter the water also added to us to return to the car, especially when the going on the rocks got too challenging.  The reflections on the still water surface were very nice.

 We were hot and sweaty by the time we got back to the car. Back at camp the air-conditioning went on in the caravan and we had a pleasant afternoon tea.  Dinner was again superb. Another great day.