After white-knuckling the helicopter flight over the Bungle Bungles, the short helicopter flight, included in the tour, to get us back from Mitchell Falls to the camp site, was almost a breeze. There was a harness that seemed more secure and, although there was no door again, the wrap-around front of the machine wrapped just that much further. The views were amazing too.
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| Helicopter at Mitchell Falls |
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| Presumably the pilot knows all about this! |
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| Bottom pool and river |
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| To the horizon |
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| Where I swam fully clothed, waiting area, helipad |
The totally unexpected flight was in a six seater (pilot + five) Cessna. This was a surprise optional extra arranged at the last minute by Les, the tour director. Not cheap but I figured I wouldn't be up that way again. From Broome it was a 2hr 40min flight up to the Horizontal Falls (wrong tide time to see the falls doing much but spectacular scenery nonetheless), across the Buccaneer Archipelago, over Cape Leveque, then back down the coast to Broome, doing a bit of whale-spotting along the way. Alas, too high for good photos of the whales with my point-and-click camera. Also, the atmosphere was hazy with smoke so no crystal clear photos of anything, unfortunately.
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| The Cessna More Horizontal Falls - Cape Leveque photos here |