OUR BEST EXPERIENCE SO FAR - HORIZONTAL FALLS SEAPLANE ADVENTURE

Today was well worth waiting for here in Derby.  We got picked up at 8.15am and delivered to Derby Airport where we boarded a turbo prop jet seaplane for a direct flight to the Horizontal Waterfalls to land on the waters of Talbot Bay.  Met our skipper for the day Adrian, a very experienced but dare-devil.  He drove a twin engine 600hp 20ft fast boat (fastest tourist boat in Australia) for a thrilling ride through the falls experiencing first-hand the incredible tidal power of the natural phenomenon.

I was very lucky to be sitting beside the pilot on the journey to the Fall to get this great picture.

These last three sots are later in the day as the tide has come in more and very much faster than before.

Adrian the adventurer gave us a heart stopping time backing into the narrowest Fall that was running far too fast to enter so he held the boat backwards down it before excelerating out of it.

The second Fall running far too fast to go through the 7 metre opening!!!

Stopped off back the collection of floating hotel/caged swimming pools and had a swim with the sharks and fishes coming up beside you as Adrian fed them.  Amazing to watch him handle these pet sharks - yes PET sharks.  He actually removed a very sharp shell fish from the side gill of one and the shark showed how pleased it was by allowing Adrian to rub its belly and back constantly. Amazing!

Spot Wayne in the corner - he had the fish grab the food from his hand.

After a yummy lunch of barramundi, fresh buns and salad, Adrian took us up Cyclone Bay (yes where all the floating equipment is taken when in cyclone weather) and following creeks(more like rivers to me) and give us informative facts of the surrounding escarpments and flora before opening up the motors for a thrilling ride amongest the mangroves.

This crumbing pebble-like rock has been pushed up from the riverbed millions of years ago.

Unfortunately our day has to end so back onto the seaplane for our return low level scenic flight across the thousand island Buccaneer Archipelago before landing back in Derby.