Heading to the west from Kununurra and on the way to Broome, you'll come to the Fitzroy River and Fitzroy Brook Crossing. Once again you will be pleased you decided to go with Campervan Hire Australia, because in and around this knackered tiny city are some impressive things to see. Fitzroy Brook Crossing is found in the western Kimberleys and is surrounded by rich pastoral land which to all intents and purposes are the floodplains of the Fitzroy Stream.
The town itself still keeps some of the original buildings eg the police station and the old post office which has since been converted into hiker accommodation. The first causeway is also still there as is a little footbridge over Brooking Stream to the first graveyard. There's also an engaging avenue of boab trees in the town.
The city itself is a standard outback, bush city with it's own unique characteristics. If you stay for few days to explore the close by areas, there is the choice to either camp or stay at the Fitzroy Brook Inn, or bunk in with the back-packers. The city site was selected thanks to the proximity to the most acceptable place to ford the Fitzroy brook.
Things to see include the spectacular Geikie Gorge Countrywide Park which was sliced out by the Fitzroy Stream over 350 million years back, through a limestone reef in traditional times. It has been advised that a 20 kilometre wide reef ran for over 1,000 kilometres from Kununurra, north to Derby then around to Fitzroy Crossing. Geikie Gorge, Tunnel Creek and Windjana Gorge were all formed as a result of millions of years of stream erosion.
It actually is worth staying at Fitzroy Crossing just to see the spectacular gorge formations and the wildlife, fish and birds that occupy them. Bush walking is a good way to explore these wonders up close. Tunnel Creek is a naturally formed tunnel thru a limestone reef, being 750 metres long, 12 metres high and 15 metres wide. It is truly spectacular as well as unique.
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This article was penned by Anton Maverick who has travelled Australia at length by campervan he reccomends when touring the southern states either campervan Hire Sydney
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