Baroalba - Hill 420
2003 Photo Gallery
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First campsite
Emily at the first camp site
Mosquito net tent
100% mosquito netting is perfect for this climate. Photo R Willis
David on a high point
This trip includes lots of high climbs for the views
Rocky creek
David and Emily walking along one of the rockier parts of the creek
Second campsite
We did a more rugged day walk from this camp
Small tributary gorge
There would be no water in the small gorge in the dry season
Flat walking
The grass is green like this only during the wet season
Easy wade
Some of the easier terrain near the end of that same daywalk
Rainbow, view from cave
You can often spot rainbows on trips at this time of year
Rainbow over the cave outcrop
Another rainbow spotted from near the same campsite, photo R Willis
Photographing flowers
One of the nicest things about walking at this time of year is the wildflowers, photo R Willis
Small water lily
Most of these will disappear later in the year, photo R Willis
Swamp bloodwood
These bloom only during the wet season. Photo R Willis
Lily and calytrix
A lily next to some pink calytrix. There is a different calytrix with similar flowers which blooms during the Dry. Photo R Willis
Upper Baroalba basin
The terrain approaching our final campsite
Final Baroalba campsite
Late in the dry season, there would be no water at this camp
Baroalba moonrise
Moonrise as seen from the camp, photo R Willis
Arnhem escarpment view
A view across to the Arnhem escarpment from where we dropped off the Baroalba massif.
Camp site at sunset
We dropped down onto the plains and walked across to a campsite on the creek which comes off the highest point on the escarpment.
Camp close up
Sunset view of that camp
David walking up the creek
Following the creek upstream
Wading upstream
It was often easier to wade than to try and keep your feet dry, photo R Willis
Escarpment creek
Group at top of first waterfall
Further upstream, same creek
At this time of year, every little waterfall and cascade is flowing well.
Trap door spider
You can't go bush without seeing beasts
Butterfly
Unlike many, this particular butterfly will often pose for photos
On the edge of the escarpment
Near the end of the trip, we did a climb up onto Hill 420. Guide, Russell Willis, on the edge of the escarpment.
Emily in a high gorge
Very rugged and rocky country we passed through nearing the top. The water here
would disappear in the dry season. Photo R Willis
Descent
Climbing down into a small gorge near the top of Hill 420, photo R Willis
Walking through the spear grass
The terrain back along the plains at the end of the walk was surprisingly varied.
Sometimes there was tall spear grass.
Walking across the plains near the end of the trip
Sometimes the grass was quite short
Walking through a paperbark swamp
Occasionally, there was even a small paperbark swamp.
Yellow Waters cruise boat
The trip finished with a night at Cooinda and a Yellow Waters wetlands cruise, photo R Willis
Yellow Waters paperbark swamp
A portion of the large paperbark swamp which the cruise can visit only during the wet season.
White breasted sea eagle
The cruises offer an excellent way to see birds and
the large crocodiles which make swimming in the lowlands too dangerous.
Large crocodile
There are no crocs like the one shown in the areas we walk.
David and Emily
We'll leave this gallery with a final photo of David and Emily somewhere on the escarpment creek.
Unless otherwise labelled, the photos here were taken by David Rowe or Emily Spencer. They should be viewed
in conjunction with David's trip report. Thie report originally appeared in the August 2003 issue of "The Bushwalker", the magazine of the NSW Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs.
In keeping with the wishes of the Aboriginal traditional owners of the area, we have not included any new photos of art sites in this gallery.
Many thanks to David for his trip report and to both David and Emily for the use of their photos.
Read David's trip report
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