There can be the calm before the storm. In our case, there is the ‘do-next-to-nothing’ day before we launch back into our next adventure. That includes tomorrow’s trip to the Horizontal Falls, it being in a very remote part of the Kimberley only accessible by air or sea. We met an older lady at Lake Argyle who said the second best thing she had ever done was a tandem skydive over Kalbarri WA. The best thing she had ever experienced was the Horizontal Falls, so if only for that comment, there are high expectations for tomorrow. I would probably at least reverse her order, but as discussed with others, it is less useful to compare the value of each place, or experience,  just simply enjoy each day and place on its own merits. That has worked for us!

This morning another walk on Cable Beach. Perhaps my second last time since we leave for Darwin this Thursday. But how cool it has been to walk this expanse in the early morning. Today I walked in the northerly direction past the rocks, which is where many of the 4WDs seem to head. You can certainly walk out of sight in this direction.

I have also commented numerous times before on how rock formations, in concert with their surroundings, can be so beautiful. This also applies to Cable Beach. While in both directions the pristine and extensive sand of this beach has its own beauty, the rock formations in the middle, and at the southern end at least, add further diversity, interest and contrast. It can also be a playground for some too, even grown men, who enjoy climbing over, balancing, and examining the various shapes, sizes and colours, and the odd rock pool at low tide. So I have included some of these images and maybe others may appreciate them too. Nothing too sophisticated but then that is the point, joyfulness in the simple, or the natural.

There was also the local jabiru (I believe) I needed to capture too, as they are such an interesting shape (I assume a spear fisher among other talents).

My final image includes these waves on the sand, interspersed with many repetitive yet fascinating fern like shapes among these ‘waves’. It’s is also interesting to compare these sand waves with the hard sandstone waves we saw at Picanniny Creek some days ago in Purnululu National Park, so I have included that image again too, just to see them side by side.

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Then there was sunset and day passed into night. Every night a light show, for those who care to watch. All free, no obligations, no privileged seats, just a very wide sky and an evolving palette of rainbow colours.