Derby

Its early Wednesday morning and we have just returned from the most amazing 20 hours you could imagine. Tony and I left on a light plane , along with Richard, Mary, Tony,Barbara, Trevor, Helen, Wayne and Helen, a motley crew if ever there was one, a great bunch of people. We flew over the bay to Cape Leveque and spent 2 hours lazing on the beach, swimming having lunch and generally relaxing. Our pilot picked us up in the seaplane and we flew over the amazing Bucaneer Archipelago to Talbot Bay, we flew over the Horizontal Falls, did a deep dive right through the chasm. After landing we were picked up by Ian in his boat, ( you may remember we met Ian at St.George on his way up here with the boat, we promised to catch up when we got here) he was surprised to see us, he took us to the yacht where we were treated to cheese and bikkies and wine. A sail through the calm waters into the sunset was just what we ordered, though the guys had to put the sail up first. On our return to anchor a BBQ was cooked and served then more wining and relaxing. After an interesting night on the yacht, (some slept in single beds---us---some slept in doubles and some chose to sleep on deck.) This morning Justin and Leone cooked brekky , after some repairs to a broken loo, and Ian picked us up in his boat for our adrenalin rush. Did I say adrenalin rush, my goodness the kids will never believe that I did this.The water because of the extremely high and low tides is like a washing maching as it forces its way through a tiny gap, we went through 3 times , Ian held the boat at 11knots and it stood still against the force of water. We screamed our way through and then screamed for more, what a bunch of daredevils. You really have to be there to experience the swirling of water and how careful you have to be in this area, we didnt go over the second waterfall as it would have been too dangerous. It was a truly amazing experience and thanks go to Ian for giving us the thrill of a lifetime, I will never forget it. In fact to all the crews, on the planes and the boats thanks a million , we will certainly recommend it. The company is called Kimberley Extreme and we did our trip from Derby but you can also do it from Broome, value for money is unequalled. Many thanks to all again, also our other daredevil friends for making it so special