Perth Dalwallinu

After months of planning a busy couple of weeks at work and school we were ready for our 3 week trip exploring WA's Karijini NP, Exmouth and Monketly Mia.
We picked up the girls early from school onceもっと詳しく
Karalundi

First morning means first bako stop... pies and sausage roll all around from Jenny's Bakehouse, they were very tasty too.
It was our first big day of driving, 569 kms and 6 hours. Although with theもっと詳しく
Fern Pool

After 3 days of driving we finally arrived and setup at Dales Campground. About 15 minutes walk and plenty of stairs took us down to Fortescue Falls. Another few hundred metres walk along the gorgeもっと詳しく
Dales Gorge

We were up early and excited to start exploring. We packed up again and drove a few hundred metres to the Dales carpark.
We walked 2km along the top of the gorge before our first adventure reallyもっと詳しく
Fortescue Falls

At the end of a 4km gorge walk is the cool and gorgeous Fortescue Falls. Jarrad, Isobel and Lauren enjoyed a cooling swim and explored the waterfall. It was busy with families, backpackers, farmersもっと詳しく
Kalamina Gorge

After completing Dales Gorge we stopped in at the visitor centre. Karijini is so busy during school holidays they had run out of maps so had to use the download on my phone and photos of maps.
Weもっと詳しく
Dales Campground

An early start and we were on the road about 7.40am. We discovered the battery for the Waeco fridge isn't working so we need to get to Autopro in Newman by 12pm to get a new battery.
We top up ourもっと詳しく
Karijini Eco Retreat

Karijini Eco Retreat is our first chance to unpack properly after 3 overnight stays in a row.
Although unpowered and no water to the van, the eco retreat has been upgraded since we last stayed inもっと詳しく
Weano Gorge

Weano Gorge was our first grade 5 hike and the reward at the end was a swim in handrail pool. The girls were excited to finally get to wear their wet shoes and walk through water. We were there byもっと詳しく
Hancock Gorge

After a break for morning tea our next challenge was grade 5 Hancock Gorge with Kermits Pool at the end. This was much harder and longer than Weano Gorge and quickly became our favourite. We all had aもっと詳しく
Knox Gorge

After a quick lunch break after Hancock Gorge we drove 20km on gravel to Knox Gorge. Another grade 5 walk. The steep descent in to the Gorge was the toughest we had done especially after alreadyもっと詳しく
Back at camp

After completing 3 Grade 5 gorges in 1 day we were all exhausted. We each enjoyed a good shower and cooked dinner early and enjoyed steak, bacon, eggs and salad!! I think we were all asleep byもっと詳しく
Joffre Gorge

After a morning of relaxing at camp, Megan had a morning nap while Jarrad, Isobela and Lauren went for a ride and had a cold drink at the Cafe. After lunch we walked about 800m to Joffre Gorge whichもっと詳しく
Karijini Eco Retreat

Our final night in Karijini was very relaxing as we cooked Burgers and enjoyed the final sunset.
Karijini was amazing and definitely worth the drive and we were looking forward to our next stage ofもっと詳しく
Bullara

After leaving Karijini at 7am we stopped for breakfast at the servo near Tom Price and then took the shorter drive via the local mine... but this meant 60km on a gravel road instead of bitumen if weもっと詳しく
Exmouth

It was only 80km drive to Exmouth and we checked in to the RAC Exmouth resort. Some friends were staying so the girls were excited for the swimming pool and air con. As soon as we setup we headedもっと詳しく
Exploring Exmouth

We went exploring Exmouth including the shipwreck and lighthouse. The area was beautiful but windy and we ended up at town beach for a kayak, swim and some fishing.
RAC Exmouth

The girls drove the car on Pebble Beach as it was too windy to swim. We then chilled at the caravan park and prepared for our stay at Cape Range NP.
That afternoon the Meadens joined us at the caravanもっと詳しく
Osprey Bay

Osprey Bay in the world heritage listed Cape Range National Park was our next stop.
Our camp-site was steps to the amazing turquoise water. On the first day we went for a snorkel and saw brightlyもっと詳しく
tilbatravelGreat picture of the girls - they are really grown up! Kalbarri NP is great (both sections).
tilbatravelMonkey Mia is rather underwhelming I must say. But the Stromatolites at Hamelin Pool are just wonderful ... not much to look at really, but pretty astonishing when you you realise they are at least 3.5 billion years old. Ian
Mohrtravelswe have friends in Monkey Mia so that is the main reason for stopping there. jarrad is looking forward to exploring Francois peron np... I think I will be reading my book 📖 and maybe a kayak and swim