Sunday, June 20, 2010

Karijini National Park

OXERS LOOKOUT Spectacular views from here as four gorges meet. Photos do not do justice to the depth of the gorges which have to be at least 150 feet deep. It is really impressive walking to the lookout for the first time as the views are just breathtaking. You do not realise that you are driving at the top of this.

                                     
WAENO GORGE we walked down to the base of here and to the rock pools.
                                     
DRIVE INTO JOFFRE GORGE surprised that we never saw any wildlife.

                                     
JOFFRE GORGE there was some water flowing and it must look spectacular in the wet season.
KNOX GORGE was a bit different in that it had a lot of vegetation.
KALAMINA GORGE  an easy walk down to the base of the gorge and we wandered along for several hundred metres. Loved the way this huge rock was just plonked there.

KALAMINA GORGE the scenery changed as we walked along.
The roads in the part of the National Park that we visited today were all gravel and very corrugated, 108kms in total. Paul commented that once our trip around Australia was over he would be very happy if he did not travel on one of these roads again, however once we walked to Oxers lookout we agreed that the drive was worth every rut.

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