The trip to the Mitchell Plateau was well worth the effort. While in Kalumburu the road had been graded otherwise I was determined to give it a miss. The reports were horrific, with vehicles being damaged daily.We were lucky, by diverting to Kalumburu for 16 days the grader had almost finished the road by the time we arrived back. While I had doubts about visiting the Mitchell falls, I can assure you they were well worth the effort. In fact I intend to get back again when they are in flood. (Helicopter or fixed wing though.)

Merten creek runs into the Mitchell river to form an outstanding set of 6 falls in close proximity to one another. Big Merten, pictured below, had little water running over it in spite of the recent rains, however there is a 30 metre single drop into a very narrow gorge. This shot shows the gorge as it travels only 500 metres to join the Mitchell directly below the Mitchell falls.
The Mitchell falls, impossible to give you a perspective of the size. There is a set of falls hidden on the left hand side in the second tier.
It wont be too many years before hand rails etc will be put in place restricting access. At the moment there are only arrows indicating the track to get there. Walk where you like at your own risk. By the way there is a 3 kilometre walk to the Mitchell falls with stops at Little Merten and Big Merten falls.
Do you reckon we're enjoying ourselves? After this we went swimming in the pool above the falls, the only place we felt safe from crocs. PS, there are another set of falls a short distance down river. I guess they'd be 3 to 5 klms away accessible only by bush walking.