Karijini national park, Oct 4-8

We stayed at Dales gorge campground for a few days and explored the park.

Fortescue Falls, Circular Pool & Fern Pool are three highlights of Dales Gorge. We enjoyed a swim in the refreshing but inviting waterholes. Someone warned us they had seen a snake under some of the rocks but we didn't see it...

We also had a look at Weano gorge: the walks were relatively easy. And Manfred and I took turns to check the handrail pool, which was a bit more difficult to access but well worth it as the swimming hole was great.

 






































 
The Oxer lookout was stunning: it shows the junction of 4 mighty gorges.

The last gorge we visited was the Kalamina gorge. We liked that gorge a lot too. The walk was a bit more challenging with the kids as the path wasn't always obvious and parts of the walk were at the edge of the rock walls.

Karijini is also a great spot for the more adventurous as some of the gorges can only be explored via abseiling. 

On our way out of Karijini we had a quick look at Tom Price. We unhooked the van and drove up a 4WD track to the top of Mount Nameless. Up there we had a good view of the iron ore mine.

That evening we stayed at the Paraburdoo roadhouse.

Eighty mile beach and Port Headland, Oct 2-4

At Eighty mile beach, Nina, Annabelle and I had fun looking for nice shells. Some of them were very nice and colorful. Annabelle displayed all the shells she found and was very happy with her new treasures.

The kids found a Hermite crab in the caravan park so we decided to bring him back to the beach where he belongs.
How cute to watch the little ones on their little mission!

We then moved to Port Headland. The first thing you see when you arrive in town, beside the airport, are the white salt mines.

The girls "rescued" a little baby bird that must have fallen off a tree. They tried to give him some water with a syringe and were looking for food to feed him. That was very cute. We did a little bed for him for the night and in the morning they were very happy to see that his mum had found him and was feeding him. Although he couldn't fly just yet, we believe and hope he survived!