All our friends were busy for the day in Geraldton (medical and vehicle issues) so we made our way down the coast from Kalbarri at our own pace. We visited the hot bread shop and bought buns for morning tea. Our first stop was Blue Holes (the in crowd were calling this place Blue PolesContinue reading “17/8/21 Kalbarri to Ellendale Pool”
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16/8/21 Kalbarri National Park.
It wasn’t far to get to Kalbarri National Park from Warribano chimney. As we entered the eastern part of the park we were greeted by a huge range of vegetation along the road. Our first stop was Ross Graham lookout. Ross Graham was apparently the first schoolteacher in Kalbarri and a great supporter for theContinue reading “16/8/21 Kalbarri National Park.”
15/8/21 Shark Bay to Warribano Chimney
Our first stop on the way out of the park was the air compressors. Here we all reinflated our tyres to road pressures. We deviated to visit the historic precinct of old Peron station before we left the park and walked to the bird hide, and over to the old shearing shed and shearer’s quartersContinue reading “15/8/21 Shark Bay to Warribano Chimney”
14/8/21 Wooramel to Shark Bay
Not far down the road from Wooramel station we stopped briefly at a lookout where we could look out into the distance across the flat red plains to Gladstone and the ocean. Just a little later we crossed the 26th parallel sign as we travelled down the highway. By 1040 we were turning west againContinue reading “14/8/21 Wooramel to Shark Bay”
13/8/21 Kennedy Range to Wooramel Station
We started the day in a relaxed mood with cooked breakfast and a long conversation with one of our fellow campers about where to find wildflowers further south and the merits of different camping vehicles Then we had a delightful rock hopping hike into Temple Gorge, where we admired the temple standing at the apexContinue reading “13/8/21 Kennedy Range to Wooramel Station”
12/8/21. Kennedy Range NP
Due to all the other distractions last night we still didn’t have a clear plan for today. The draft schedule said that we should be heading for Kennedy Range NP but the others were keen to get in more snorkelling if they could and reluctant to make the inland detour. We met in the gamesContinue reading “12/8/21. Kennedy Range NP”
11/8/21 Quobba Blowholes and fruit loop
We decided to backtrack a bit and go back out to the blowholes- 80 km or so back along the coast road. On the way along the long, boring road there we noted the large number of nests built on the power poles (the tallest structures along the road). Many have wheel rims attached aContinue reading “11/8/21 Quobba Blowholes and fruit loop”
9/8/21.Still raining! Out to Bruboodjoo
We pulled out of our camp at Cape Range NP with the rain still falling and no more snorkelling done. We drove back to Exmouth and completed the essential tasks- restocking on food, water, gas for cooking, diesel. We posted the accumulated blogs and paid for showers ( the first in four days) to washContinue reading “9/8/21.Still raining! Out to Bruboodjoo”
8/8/21 Cape Range-rain and snorkelling.
We had a rainy night last night and it had continued on and off all day, with a stiff wind and solid grey skies for most of the time. the day was heavy and humid. Our wet gear wasn’t drying despite lots of wind. We started the day cleaning up the puddles on the topContinue reading “8/8/21 Cape Range-rain and snorkelling.”
7/8/21 Yardie Creek and Drift Snorkel at Turquoise Bay
We enjoyed the overcast day because the sun didn’t come shining in at stupid-o-clock. Our progress was greatly slowed when Trevor recognised a white-winged fairy wren near the campsite and we took quite a while watching and photographing a number of them before we decided to get on our way. We made our way downContinue reading “7/8/21 Yardie Creek and Drift Snorkel at Turquoise Bay”
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