Purnululu (Bungle Bungle) 2008 Wet Season
Trail from the Piccaninny car park
The start of the walk. Even the short trail from the car park had water on it
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First camp upstream on Piccaninny Creek
We had an easy day and made our first camp on some rock ledges not too far upstream. The pools were great as was the late afternoon shade.
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Black Rock Creek where it joins Piccaninny
We dropped our packs at a high camp site before the elbow and wandered along to Black Rock Falls.
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Black Rock Falls
Black Rock Pool is the best permanent source of water in Piccaninny, but few people have seen it with the falls running.
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Black Rock Falls
After the rain the night before, Black Rock Falls was flowing better than it had been on our first visit.
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Piccaninny near peak flood
When the creek was nearing peak flood. Our gentle spa had completely disappeared. We, however, were high and dry.
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Piccaninny waterfall
With the rain, waterfalls appeared everywhere. Some disappeared again as soon as the rain stopped. Others persisted for hours. This waterfall had not had a drop coming over it a few hours earlier.
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Piccaninny camp twilight
Taken in the last of the twilight. Already the creek has dropped substantially.
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Walking down Piccaninny
Although Piccaninny had dropped substantially after the rain, there was still more water then there had been on our way up.
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Water monitor
The guide, Russell, saw more water monitors on this trip than he'd seen on all trips in the previous three years combined.
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Helicopter taking off from Piccaninny car park
Boarding the helicopter that would take us back to civilisation. The trip was over, but the memories would last a lifetime.
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2008 was the wettest it's been for at least five years. This trip was amazing.
With so much rain, the airstrip was closed so we flew in by helicopter.
See more on the Bungles in the wet video clips from 2008.
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