Horizontal waterfall

The trip to the horizontal waterfalls was great. The kids were very excited - sea plane etc. Once we landed inTalbot bay we got on a speed boat and went through one of the horizontal waterfalls. The first one ( in the distance of the photo below) is about 20m wide and the current and whirl pools created by this one were amazing. The second one is 7m wide and was about 2.5m high- it can get up to 5m on really big king tides. The guide wouldn't take us over that one. He said he has been over it when it was about that size and it scared the pants off him. When at it's peak, water pours through at a rate of 1 million liters per minute. Pretty amazing. An impressive sight. THe next morning when the 7m wide one was a bit tamer (1m) we went through it on the speed boat. This boat has 2 x 300HP motors and is very fast. Very exhilarating. The kids couldn't stop screaming!

 The photo below is the bay just after sunrise. It is a very remote and beautiful place. The houseboat we stayed on was very nice and the stars at night were of course spectacular. They were even burning off so the hills in the distance were ablaze and reflecting on the water. Would do this again.

Local lemon sharks - they have a shark cage that you can swim in  to get a closer look.