The day before we were to drive home to Melbourne, Karen and I took a seaplane flight across one of the most spectacular sections of the Kimberley coastline, the Buccaneer Archipelago. We took off from Broome and flew across King Sound. Suddenly we were flying over some of the most incredible coastline either of us had ever laid eyes on. Apparently there are over 1000 islands here and I could well believe it. Our seaplane landed in Talbot Bay where we paid a visit to the famous Horizontal Falls. The falls are a result of massive tidal movements trying to squeeze through a narrow gap in the red quartzite cliffs. After brunch we flew back over the archipelago. We are really keen to do a 20-22 day walk in the Kimberley (maybe next year), so this was a great opportunity to get a closer look at the country. We flew back over Cape Leveque which was really interesting as we had spent a couple of days exploring this wild coast just a few days ago. Seeing it from the air made us appreciate just how big this area really is.
