Blogs from Karijini National Park, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

After our farwell to Exmouth dinner at Froth Brewery in Exmouth with Keith and Jo and a good nights sleep we set off for Tom Price. After six hours driving we pulled into a camping spot on the edge of the road about 100klm out of Tom Price. Then onto Tom Price for a night to replenish food supplies and catch up on washing etc. There is a Coles in Tom Price and the prices are really reasonable because Rio Tinto subsidises the freight for supplies to be bought into town. Friday onto Karijini National Park 100klms all sealed roads, school breaks up here today so were very lucky to get a spot booking at the end of May to get 2 nights at Dales Camp Ground and then another two nights at the overflow camp, ... read more

Saturday 24th September 2016 On our way today, with an 0830hrs start after Judy had downloaded the assignments which were due last night. The wind had swung during the night and was now a strong and gusty NE. This made for good fuel consumption once we were on the highway, although the buffeting from the side had us cut back on our speed. The Pardoo Roadhouse was our first stop where we could not go past their famous $10 coffee and a large home-made sausage roll each for a late morning tea/early lunch. These salt laden, greasy sausage rolls were delicious! We had intended to head to Caper Keraudren from here but after reading the negative Wikicamps' comments we had changed our minds and now drove only another 90 minutes or so to the DeGrey River ... read more

There was only one problem with hiring a campervan and driving all the way from Broome to Perth... we had to drive all the way back again to return it, a trip of around 2500kms in all! Fortunately however, we had saved the best for last - for our return route along the Great Northern Highway would take us straight past Karijini National Park, the jewel in Western Australia's crown. First though we had to deal with the small matter of backtracking 600kms to South Hedland – where we spent the night (Monday 2nd June) at a nondescript caravan park just off the main road – before taking the inland highway a further three hours south the next day to the Karijini turnoff. It was along this stretch of road that we passed some of the ... read more

We continue our trek east and the landscape transforms into vast mountain ranges signaling our arrival at Karinjini. We set up at Dales Camp Ground and are keen to explore the nearby Fortesque Falls and Fern Pool. We follow the path down into Dales Gorge and are immediately impressed by the amazing rock formations and beautiful waterfalls. We all enjoy a swim in the cool Fern Pool as the sun rapidly disappears behind the gorge walls. The next morning we pack our backpacks with lunch and towels, put on our sneakers (we haven’t worn shoes for 2 months) and head back to Dales Gorge. We spend the day walking, clambering over rocks, step stoning over water pools and absorbing the sights and sounds at the bottom of Dales Gorge sandwiched between the amazing fifty metre rock ... read more

En route mauvaise troupe ! Ça y est, j'ai réussi à m'échapper de Perth. Loin de moi l'idée de dire que cette ville ne m'a pas plu, mais c'était une ville, une grande ville... Disons que les paysages rencontrés sur la route sont plus intéressants à mes yeux, que tout ces étalages de building accompagnés d'une multitude incalculable de Français. C'est incroyable, à Perth, ou plutôt et surtout à Fréo, on se croirait en France. Rare sont les étrangers. J'exagère un peu forcément, comme à mon habitude, mais pas tant que ça non plus. Tout ça me pousse à faire un petit constat à l'égard des backpackers. Concrètement dans les backpacks, tu vas trouver toute sorte de nationalité : Français, Allemands, Italiens, Argentins, Anglais, Ecossais, Irlandais, j'en passe et des meilleurs. Mais dès que tu sors ... read more