Thursday, December 2, 2010

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.

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