Lake Argyle to Purnululu National Park

The alarm went off at 4am this morning. Scott wanted to look at the stars and there was meant to be a chance of seeing lots of shooting stars. Unfortunately due to the lights from the caravan park and there was a full moon Scott couldn’t see much and returned to bed. The actual alarm went off at 5:30am and we quickly packed our bags. We had breakfast and were on the road by 6:30am.

I drove and on the way we saw 3 wild horses, so we stopped to take some photos. We arrived in Kununurra at 7:30am and completed our shopping for the next week for when we would be in Purnululu National Park. We then grabbed a coffee at the Wild Mango Cafe.

We then started the 5 hour drive to the Bungle Bungles. About an hour out of Kununurra we stopped at Mollys Spring. As we turned up at the carpark we met another couple who were from Bendigo and lived only a short walk from Scott’s house. They had been travelling around the Kimberley’s since May.

We then walked along the short track which opened up to a beautiful waterfall and spring. Scott and I both went for a swim and it was so refreshing. We headed back to the car and drove towards Doon Doon. There was a lot of caravans on the road which I overtook and quite a few areas where roadworks were being completed. We stopped at the Doon Doon Roadhouse which was the last place which had cheaper fuel before Purnululu NP.

We reached the turnoff to Purnululu NP and the next 70km was on a dirt road. We were advised that it would take 2 hours but we didn’t believe that. The road was awful and full of corrugations so we were bumping along at 50km/h. There were also a few creek crossings as well which was pretty cool and fun to drive through. After 1 and a half hours we arrived at the visitors centre where we collected our PLB and registered for the 2 night hike.

We had lunch at the picnic tables at the visitor centre and then drove to Piccaninny carpark. We decided to walk to Cathedral Gorge which was a short 2km hike. It was beautiful walking through the gorge which had a pool at the end surrounded by a dome cliff. We met 3 people at the end who were from England and Ireland and had a chat with them before heading back to the carpark and continuing on to the Wilderness Lodge.

We arrived at the Lodge and said Hi to Jayden and Tash. Jayden showed us to our tent where we showered and got ready for dinner. As we were spending the next two night in the wild we also packed our packs. At 6:30pm we headed to the dining area for our 3 course dinner. We were seated with Jayden who had the evening off. We started with pumpkin soup and bread, then beef cheeks as our main before having chocolate mouse for dessert.

We headed back to our tent and quickly sorted out our hiking bags before setting the alarm for 4am and heading off to sleep.Leia mais