Blogs from Bungle Bungles, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 5

Hi All these weeks are just flying by - another week and another few towns in western australia. Arrived in Broome and it's lovely weather. Got ourselves sorted at a nice campsite and booked in for a few activities - camel rides at sunset and deep sea fishing!! Broome is really nice - went out for a few drinks in chinatown and met some local pilots who are great craic. there was a great live band on so we just had a laugh and mingled with some other ozzies and tourists. laura and i are always a bit sceptical of men hanging around on their own in bars looking to start a conversation but we met some nice people in the end. One young guy told Laura she was so beautiful that she should be Miss ... read more

Day 99 Sunday 9 July 2006 Purnululu National Park (Bungle Bungles) An early start today so we left at 7am to drive into the Bungle Bungles. From information we read it is a 53km gravel road that can take two to three hours just to get to the Visitor Centre. The road was the worst we have been on and we were all crossing our fingers that there was going to be no “popped tyres” as Kiera calls them. There was 13 river crossings. Once registering we then travelled another 27 km’s to get to Cathedral Gorge and the domes. The Cathedral gorge is a 3km return walk that passes the most famous striped sandstone beehives and looming cliffs that open into a huge ampitheatre. Duane and Kiera had fun because the echo came back. There ... read more