Day 7 - Manning Gorge

We packed up the campsite and headed off to hike to Manning Gorge. The weather was a bit overcast but there wasn't much shade on the hike so it was probably a blessing. The hike to Manning Gorge is around 1.5 hours and is across a bunch of sandstone tracks and a fairly steep descent down into the actual gorge.



Hiking to Manning Gorge


We arrived at the gorge and were awe struck by the beach sandy banks and the large waterfall at the far side of the gorge. The water was filled with small fish as the light rain dropped on the surface.



Manning Gorge




Fish everywhere


I was shooting some photos of the falls and decided to say nuts to the weather and swim over to them.



I wonder if I could swim over there.


The water was a little cool but not too bad and there was actually a sandy bank behind the falls where you could stand up which was a lucky find as I was getting a bit tired after the long hike and swim across to the falls.



Metal horns up under the falls.


We hiked back to the car and hit the road again. We noticed a turnoff to a place called 'Mornington Wilderness Park' and thought we would check it out. It was around 1.5 hours south of the gibb river road and we arrived just before sunset to setup camp.