Kimberley Day 11 - Back to Broome
17 giugno, Australia ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
River walk and talk with Winsome about river & desert people/country.
The bus clutch kept letting go, and we limped along at 60-70 km back to Broome- bus no. 3 meet us 1.5 hrs out & followed us inLeggi altro
Kimberley day 10 - china wall & fitzroy crossing
17 giugno, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
2 hours 45 min for 60k's to get back on the sealed road from Bungle Bungles
Marys Pool for lunch, through Halls Creek (police on patrol at the service station) and onto Fitzroy Crossing for theLeggi altro
Kimberley day 9 - Purnululu
16 giugno, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
4.15 am start to drive 1 hr and watch sunrise over the bungles
Walked into picaninny lookout and Cathedral Gorge in the morning then
Echidna chasm and Osmand ranges lookout in the afternoon.
ViaggiatoreThat’s an early start 😬 we did echidna in morning and cathedral gorge in afternoon. Very hot. Finished with sunset at lookout with phone reception around 5pm. Much more civilised.
Kimberley day 8 - onto the Bungle Bungles
14–16 giu, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Long travel day from Lake Argyle to Bungle Bungles or Purnululu NP. The spring Creek road was 53km of serious 4WD road with 20 waterway crossings - not all with water.
Saw Jake again at the visitorLeggi altro
Kimberley day 7 - Lake Argyle
13 giugno, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
24 degrees overnight, no breeze so very little sleep
Checked out the dam face and hydroelectric outflow before seeing the Durac homestead & history.
Enjoyed the Sunset cruise & swim - saw rockLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreThe sunset cruise was so much fun. Bubbles, a noodle and water around 26 deg. Bliss
ViaggiatoreThe Durac story is amazing. Driving cattle for 2 1/2 years just to get there!
Kimberley - day 6 to Kunnanara and Lake Argyle
12–19 giu, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Into Zebedee springs at 7am & came across an olive python in the process of swallowing a rock wallaby. Springs shut at 7.30 for next 2 to 7 days while it finishes swallowing & digesting. We had a veryLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreWe’ll be at lake argyle tomorrow afternoon. Missed you by that much!
ViaggiatoreDid you do the sunset cruise on the lake where you jump in in the middle and have a drinkie in the water! It was awesome. Emma Gorge was one of my favourite places 😍 Scones at Ellenbrae 😋😋😋
Kimberley - day 5 Emma Gorge
11 giugno, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Slower start (6.45am) to drive to Emma Gorge. 3.2km return walk up the gorge (rock scrabbling most of the way) to a beautiful waterfall and swimming hole. Not rock art here, but a thermal sprung intoLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreFinally caught up with your GRR adventure. What fun! We heading west today after our Arnhem Land adventure.
ViaggiatoreIt’s taking me back to fabulous memories - it’s just stunning and swimming in those gorges and waterholes is brilliant 🥰
Kimberley day 4 - onto El Questro
10 giugno, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Australian bustard on roadside - bush turkey ie good eating reportedly
Stopped at Ellenbrae station for coffee and scones, jam & cream.
Many a river crossing, then stopped at lookout over the CockburnLeggi altro
Kimberley Day 3 - Manning Falls & Gibb River Road
9 giugno, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
6.30 start walk into Manning Falls, which started with 30m swim across the river to the track. 6km walk total in/out of gorge. Rocky scrabble down and back out.
Afternoon drive to Galvans Gorge.Leggi altro
Kimberley day 2
8–10 giu, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Up @ 5.15 for early walk into Windjana gorge - kingfisher, crocs sunning.
Bus issues - slowed to 'go slow' pace.
Dalmanyi Gorge for lunch & swim. Watched a water monitor dive in, catch a fish andLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreI hope they spent a bit of time talking about Jandamarra and the other warriors from that earlier time - my experiences in that area and the stories have stuck with me
Into the Kimberley Day 1
7–8 giu, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Left Broome at 7, and stopped at Willare roadhouse, through to Derby & Mark Norval Art Gallery. Indigenous painters/ art works as well as Mark's work.
Stop at Boab prison tree & longest cattle trough.Leggi altro
To Broome
6 giugno, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Flight to Broome (full) and spent the afyernoon having at the brewery
Perth out and about
3–6 giu, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Explored the Fremantle area day 1 and Perth/Kings Park day 2
North to Perth
3 giugno, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Drove the back roads through the Forrester Valley to Australind to Perth
Wellington NP
2 giugno, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Explored Manjimup heritage area (forestry, fruit & veg mainly) then to Bridgetown. Lovely art/music town with a great cidery & brewery. Ambie spluttering increased, so a stop at Collie for spark plugLeggi altro
TravelswithAmbie60+ camp sites and only one other camper we could see - off season benefit is having the place to ourselves! 😁
Beedelup falls and Understory Art trail
1 giugno, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Debris all over roads with trees and limbs being cleared by council workers everywhere. Kept to the major sealed roads to Beedelup Falls, and then back to the nortcliffe Understory Art trail (shutLeggi altro
Storm and Pemberton
31 mag–1 giu, Australia ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Woke to increasing winds and tried to drive to the coast at Windy Harbour but we were being blown around too much, so retreated back to Pemberton.
Pub lunch, Tram ride to Cascade falls and bunkeredLeggi altro
Walpole area
30 maggio, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Cool sunny weather all day. Short walks and drives through the tingle forests around Walpole. Moved onto the karri forests near Pemberton, staying overnight at Northcliffe.
Valley of the Giants & Fernhook Falls
29 maggio, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Albany & surrounds day 2
28 maggio, Australia ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
Spent the morning at the museum (it was really good) including on the replica 'Amity' the brig that sailed frpm Sydney via Hobart with first european settlers. Dodged showers all day, and drove west.Leggi altro
Albany and surrounds day 1
27–28 mag, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Morning walk towards Nancy Peak, but at the first sadde the wind was blowing a hooley approx 500m, so turned back to look for coffee! Warnings everwhere about Karri dropping branches that lookedLeggi altro
Porongurup
26 maggio, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
From Bremer Bay to Albany for food and petrol, then onto Porongurup NP for the afternoons walk at Castle Rock & Granite Sky walk - amazing!
Stayed at Porongurup tourist park - excellent. We had aLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreGreetings from Adels Grove near lawn Hill NP. We missed Castle Rock. Looks very interesting ! one for next WA trip. hope you both well.
ViaggiatoreCastle Rock was fantastic and highly recommended. A change is on its way and the wind is screaming across the top of the hills today. We're both good and hope you are too. Happy trails.
ViaggiatoreThose hand grips look essential! Excellent view. A well earned stout and Gin tonight!
Bremer Bay
25–27 mag, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Rest day exploring the area including the local brewery and reset in the van.
Fitzgerald Rivers NP - more flora spam!
24 maggio, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Overnight at Hopetoun (55 young engineers from one of the mines partied until 10pm)
Another G'day park experience....
Stokes Inlet NP - flora spam!
23 maggio, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Overnight at another NP site with camp host, Phil, who was very chatty.
NP sies are well set up and cared for. Often private sites tucked into the bush, with good compact gravel bases.
ViaggiatoreGreat pic. What an interesting mix.