Buccaneer Archipelago Horizontal Waterfall Talbot Bay

About Buccaneer Archipelago Horizontal Waterfall Talbot Bay in Western Australia

Buccaneer Archipelago

Buccaneer Archipelago in Western Australia - More than 1,000 tiny islands make up the Buccaneer Archipelago, a cruising and fishing paradise which lays North West of the Kimberley town of Derby. This untouched region of Western Australia is also home to patches of rainforest, secluded beaches and a fringe of mangroves - all set in a bright turquoise tropical sea.

Horizontal Waterfall Talbot Bay

Horizontal Waterfall Talbot Bay in Western Australia
Horizontal Waterfall in Talbot Bay is one of the best known attractions in the area and a scenic flight will give you the best view. Joining a Kimberley cruise gets you up close to the landscape. You'll see ancient rock art and massive tides that race up tidal creeks, while the fishing is out of this world.

Sea safaris, cruises, flights and other tours to the Buccaneer Archipelago can be arranged from Broome.
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Horizontal Waterfalls
Located deep within Talbot Bay in the Buccaneer Archipelago are the Horizontal Waterfalls. Massive tidal movements create a waterfall effect as water banks up against one side of the narrow cliff passage, to be repeated again on the turning tide. The twin gaps are part of the McLarty Ranges, which have two ridges running parallel approximately 300 metres apart. The first and most seaward gap is about 20 metres wide and the second, most spectacular, gap is about 10 metres wide.

On a slack tide it is possible to drive boats through the two gaps to the bay behind. The tides in this area have a 10 metre variation which occurs over six and a half hours from low tide to high tide and vice versa. The effect of the waterfalls is created by the tide building up in front of the gaps faster than it can flow through them and there can be a four metre high waterfall between the bays. The waterfall phenomena has been described by David Attenborough as "one of the greatest natural wonders of the world". The sight of the turquoise blue water rushing between the rugged red hills is best viewed from the air on a Scenic Flight.
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