The pandanus lined creek is an excellent backdrop to the falls at Poppy's Pools. The pool is located at the end of a beautiful gorge, about 70 kilometres from Cape Crawford. You must paddle a short distance in the small boat provided to reach Poppy’s Pools.

The water that feeds Poppy’s Pools rushes boiling from deep underground and settles at a constant 27 Celsius, which discourages critters, notably of the crocodilian variety, that otherwise inhabit the region. The water has a high mineral content and is very therapeutic. It is a photographer’s paradise with the many water birds that will be spotted in the area.

These thermal pools are situated 70 km from Cape Crawford on Bauhinia Downs Station, traditionally owned by Harry Lansen from the Gudanji tribe. The hot spring water rises under pressure from a large aquifer system 5-7 km deep in the earth's crust. It emerges to the surface through permeable faulted sandstone rock of the Roper Group, where it cools as it moves downstream and mixes with the water from the cool spring.

The Roper Group consists of quartz-rich sandstone and mudstone that were deposited in a shallow marine environment about 1450 million years ago. This enormous sand sheet and shallow sea covered much of Northern Australia at the time, and the sediment was shed from a mountainous belt that rose from what is now the McDonnell Ranges in Central Australia.