Hunter River
Prince Frederick Harbour lies at the southern end of the York Sound located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia opening into the Indian Ocean.
The Hunter and the Roe Rivers both discharge directly into the Harbour each featuring a dramatic waterfall where they flow off the Mitchell Plateau.
The area was surveyed in 1820 by Philip Parker King aboard the Mermaid. The entrance to the Hunter River through Prince Frederick Harbour is awe-inspiring to say the least. Naturalists Island, on the northern side of the harbour just outside the river mouth, has a conspicuous white sandy beach (left, right and 1a on the map) on its west side. The beach is used by charter boats to ferry passengers by helicopter to and from the airstrip at the Mitchell Plateau.
Read MoreThe Hunter and the Roe Rivers both discharge directly into the Harbour each featuring a dramatic waterfall where they flow off the Mitchell Plateau.
The area was surveyed in 1820 by Philip Parker King aboard the Mermaid. The entrance to the Hunter River through Prince Frederick Harbour is awe-inspiring to say the least. Naturalists Island, on the northern side of the harbour just outside the river mouth, has a conspicuous white sandy beach (left, right and 1a on the map) on its west side. The beach is used by charter boats to ferry passengers by helicopter to and from the airstrip at the Mitchell Plateau.
