Karijini National Park

Pilbara - think: wide red plains, big cattle stations, big mines, alien looking mountain ranges (to we easterners at least), the hottest town in Australia.
Add to this: lots of greenery from recent rains. School holidays approach with increased bookings but still not too many people.
In the Hamersley Range sits Karijini. 2,500 million surface rocks that are still being weathered and eroded to leave many amazing gorges. We are lucky enough to explore several. Dales, Weano, Knox, Kalamina, Hancock Gorges among them. Swimming holes with cool names like Kermit’s Pool, Secret Swimming Holes, Handrail Pool.
The miners love it here: Marandoo, Hamersley, Tom Price etc - a long list. Thousands of kilometres of purpose built railway lines and roads. Event towns like Tom Price, Paraburdoo, and ports like Karratha, Port Hedland, Port Sampson & Dampier that would unlikely exist without them.
Karijini is amazing. I can see why it is ranked in the Top 5 destinations in WA.
627,000 sq klm there is plenty of the Hamersley Range to explore.Read more