Leaving Exmouth we headed East towards Karijini National Park and the heart of the Pilbara region. The colour of the earth here is extraordinary and the photos really don't do it any justice at all. Winter is about to start in a few weeks and they are still experiencing 30+ degrees, it's a very special person that can live out here under the full glare and ferocity of a Summer Sun. I am definitely not one of those people!!
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stayed overnight at Cheela Plains Station,
this was our view in the morning. |
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| do NOT want to hit one of these!!! |
Having driven through Paraburdoo and Tom Price we arrived at Karijini National Park, where there are a plethora of gorges to see. On our first day we visited Weano & Kalamina Gorge.
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| Weano Gorge from lookout |
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| inside Weano Gorge |
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| Kalamina Gorge, very pretty. |
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| sunset at Karijini N.P. |
Second day and we're off to Dales Gorge, very beautiful, but also very popular!!!
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Dave in all his magnificence,
having a swim at the bottom
of the waterfall. |
From Karijini to Karratha and we took the unsealed road............ there is no way to describe the red dust. Dave's grey hairs became orange and this is the back of the car afterwards:
Our camper trailer was also covered in red dust, however the inside and all our bedding was absolutely clean!!!! I was soooooo impressed and very happy :) I think the red dust will be in our car for a very long time after our trip, but as Dave says, it's a badge of honour.
Visiting the sites of Karratha and Dampier, we HAD to visit the statue of 'Red Dog', I was as happy as a Kelpie chasing sheep!!!
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| look at that face! |
I ended up buying all 3 of the books about Red Dog (I've already seen the movie) from the Karratha Visitor Centre.
In Karratha, at Deep Gorge there a Indigenous petroglyphs (rock carvings) on boulders that look as though they have been bulldozed in & arranged into huge piles, but the piles of rocks are all naturally occurring.
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| view of the LNG plant during the day. |
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| view of the LNG plant at night |
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| Hearson's Cove on dusk. |
Up north on the coast, when the tide is out and there is a full moon rising in the East, you can see the "Staircase to the Moon". We were here at the right time to see it, however there was cloud cover so we didn't see the full effect, but it was a great site to see nonetheless.
And so, goodbye to Karratha and heading for Broome - our sites along the road:
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me mate helping me do the morning dishes
after our overnight stay at Sandfire Roadhouse Caravan Park |
