King George Falls
(Kimberley - Western Australia)
In April-May 2001 we
went on a great 8-week around Australia tour. Qantas
had an excellent deal, now discontinued - for 30,000 frequent flyer
points we could have 5 stopovers around Australia.
Our stopovers were Brisbane, Cairns, Gove, Darwin and Perth.
On
this trip we went on a 10-day cruise on the Coral
Princess
from Darwin to Broome.
We had a 16km trip up the King George River gorge in a zodiac to the
falls.
The falls are located in a remote area of The Kimberley in the north of
Western Australia.
The recorded height of
the King George waterfall varies widely, with some sources claiming the
descent is in the range
of an extraordinary eighty to one hundred metres over a
sandstone cliff into tidal waters.
King George
Falls can be viewed by boat and by air.