Blogs from Karijini National Park, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 8

So... Comme vous aurez pu le constater, les photos ne sont pas en totale adequation avec le texte... Mais ce n'est pas bien grave, n'est-il pas? Une petite gymnastique de clavier ne vous fera pas de tord ;) The pictures are not really in the correct order.. In fact, the picture of the Karijini Nat. Park are already uploaded in the previous journal. See below for the English comments Or donc, apres quatre jours de honteuse feneantise a Broome, nous voila reparties sur la route (j'aurais bien dit "les routes", mais cela n'aurait pas vraiment colle avec la realite). Comme d'habitude, nous nous sommes arretees pour la nuit sur une aire de repos gratuite. C'est un grand avantage de l'Australie: le pays est tellement grand, et les distances tellement importantes, que le gouvernement a ete oblige ... read more

Team England and Team Ireland bade a fond farewell to the Stokies - the girls had agreed to allow the Swiss part of the contingency to hitch a ride for the rest of the way to Broome. It was great news for us really as it meant that when it was time for Team Ireland to make tracks we still had Woodchucker Flo to collect firewood and, as it turned out, do most of our cooking! Team Stoke minus Switzerland generously donated the cricket set to Team Ireland, loaned their tent to Flo and sorrowfully handed in their walkie talkie then with one swift manouever they turned south and sped off down the highway with Tom leaning out of the window shouting 'Stoke Rules'! It seemed strange driving north with our caravan of campers down to ... read more

We got up early for Karijini the next day and it is so beautiful…it was just amazing to walk around in this beautiful area. This is when I can see why people are obsessed by nature. Karijini National Park is the second largest national park in WA. The park has these amazing gorges they are spectacular but can be extremely dangerous. Further downstream, the gorges widen and their sides change from sheer cliffs to steep slopes of loose rock. In Dales Gorge, a stream, pools, waterfalls, and ferns contrast with the red, terraced cliffs weathered by centuries of exposure. The Park is the traditional home of the Banyjima, Kurrama and Innawonga Aboriginal people. The Banyjima name for the Hamersley Range is Karijini. Evidence of their early occupation dates back more than 20,000 years. During that period, ... read more

A 3 day outback camping tour in the Pilbara and Karijini National Park, then our stay at Cossack in 2003 The Pilbara is the heart of Western Australia's huge iron ore mining industry. On the drive across the country into the Karijini National Park the landscape is so varied with colours from daybreak to sunset changing as fast as the sun moves across the sky. The heat of the day changes accordingly and when you step down into the gorges the temperature drops but the water may be freezing so hypothermia can be a problem. We camped out under the stars and beside an Aussie icon, the windmill, in sleeping bags that kept us warm at night but had ice on them when we woke in the morning as temperatures drop low after sunset. Cossack is ... read more