Purnululu National Park

BUNGLE BUNGLES what can I say, absolutely breathtaking and something you have to experience for yourself. The drive in from the main highway was 53 km’s, is four wheel drive only and took 1 ½ hours. Once into the national park the roads weren’t too bad.

BUNGLE BUNGLES our first real view of them, very impressive.

CATHEDRAL GORGE you cannot do justice to the size of the amphitheatre at the end of the gorge, the size of the walls that the water cascades down is incredible. Overhead is a solid rock ceiling.

CATHEDRAL GORGE showing the height of the walls reflected in the little bit of water in the pool.

BEEHIVES  the description of the shape of these 200 million year old weathered sandstone domes.

PICCANINNY CREEK you get to walk along here amongst the beehives, must be an impressive sight in the wet season with water flowing through here.

ECHIDNA CHASM is at the northern end of the park, entering the gorge are some lovely palms and you come to what you think is the end, but you turn a corner and walk further in through a very narrow fault line with rocks perched above your head.

ECHNIDNA CHASM  part way through, just loved the colours bouncing off the walls, some parts were less than a metre wide.

END OF ECHIDNA CHASM, can you spot me? Just amazing the conglomeration of rocks that form the walls of the chasm. Near the end I spotted a small bright yellow snake which was apparently a yellow tree snake, must have been a bit lost as there were no trees where the two of us were.

KUNGKALAHAYI LOOKOUT a fabulous view of the Bungle Bungles and the 500 million year old limestone ridge. This gives you bit of an idea of the scenery in the movie “Australia”, although you keep waiting for cowboys and Indians to appear on the horizon.

I could go on about the history and formation of the area, but in all honesty you have to come and experience this National Park for yourself!