31/08/2012
I stayed at Derby for three nights and the pics below are of the jetty and the horizontal falls.Derby is also known as having the highest tides in the southern hemisphere and also the 2nd highest in the world. It also has the longest airstrip runway in the southern hemisphere, it was built to accommodate the space shuttle should it not be able to make it back to Cape Kennedy ?.
I'm in Broome and off to a cyber black hole at the Middle Lagoon on the Dampier Peninsular.
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| Derby's main street, looks like a big town street, but its not a big town and most shops are in the side streets |
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| Low tide, the croc pic below was taken to the far right of this shot |
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| High tide |
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| Mega bucks |
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| Both "vertical" falls. The larger one is 20m wide and 40m deep |
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| Guess who was in the co-pilots seat...cranked over coming in to land |
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| This is the smaller gap, about 10m wide and 40m deep. Its about the tidal water trying to go through a narrow space, there is actually a step in the water |
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| Tawny nurse sharks |
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| Veiw from the "mother ship" |
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| Tidal creeks |
Ooroo for now
Billy
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