Fitzroy Crossing WA June 25 2018

A long tedious drive today from Broome to Fitzroy Crossing, battling the buffeting winds and negotiating the big stretches of roadwork in progress trying to fix the damage from last wet seasons flooding.

The Fitzroy River Lodge is like an oasis though. I don't know where they get the water from but the sprinklers are on most of the time. The place is almost lush. This year they are allocating sites, not a find your own system like they had last time. Apart from the IGA , there is not a whole lot to see or do here in the town itself. All the action is 20km up stream where they do the tours of Geike Gorge, which we are giving a miss this time. We retired to the van and I went for a 2.5 km walk around the perimeter of the park. One side of the park is on the Fitzroy river, which must be spectacular in flood but a bare trickle at this time of the year. The erosion done to the bank here is quite evident, they may have even lost one of their glamping tents to the flood waters.

Upstream. Fitzroy River, WA

Downstream. Fitzroy River, WA