Broome to Exmouth
Hello. We've started with piccies for a change, it's easier. Sorry they're not in any particular order but that's the bloggers fault and we don't have time to fix it.
Circular Pool in Karijini NP from below:
Circular Pool in Karijini NP from above:
This is the Emu that walked up behind Charlotte while she was having breakfast (Exmouth):
Walking along Weano Gorge in the Karijini NP
The view from Mt. Nameless in Tom Price. The 4WD track was much rougher than it looks here...
Camping in the bush in Karijini NP
Our last morning in Broome, we drove on to Cable Beach for breakfast.
There were thousands of these sitting on the road as we headed to Karijini. These were some of the unfortunate ones...
Stopping for a cool down on the way to Tom Price from 80 Mile Beach.
Well it's been a busy few days now that we're back on the road. We're in Exmouth now and this is the first place we've been able to get on the net. We left Broome last Wednesday, aiming for Port Hedland but we didn't actually get that far. About 3 hours down the road we found a campsite just about on 80 Mile Beach so we stopped there instead.
Everyone has said that Port Hedland isn't really worth bothering with so the next day we did a 7 hour drive straight to a mining town called Tom Price. This is off the coast road and is the nearest town to the Karijini National Park, which is where we spent the next few days. Karijini is essentially a series of gorges that you can walk down and go for a swim in. It's very nice.
One night we spent away from civilisation in the national park campgrounds. Facilities there consist of a drop toilet, and... err... that's it. And if you're wondering, a drop toilet is basically a toilet above a very deep hole. Lovely.
We're pretty self-sufficient these days so we plan to save money in future by spending the odd night in these remote places. It's a bit more interesting too. We've never been woken up by Dingoes howling and then walking round the tent before...
The following day we had a swim in circular pool after a half hour walk along the gorge, and we had the place to ourselves so it was superb. At lunchtime we decided to leave Karijini and do a 5 hour drive to a roadhouse at Nanuturra, and then it was another easy 3 hour drive to Exmouth where we are right now. Exmouth is the biggest town (which isn't saying a lot) nearest to the Ningaloo Reef; one of the highlights of the west coast. The difference between this reef and the Great Barrier Reef is that you can simply walk out from the beach and swim to it, as it's just off shore. The Barrier Reef was a 2.5 hour boat ride!
One strange thing about Exmouth is that wild Emus are walking round everywhere. Charlotte had one sneak up behind her this morning!
We had a little swim in the ocean yesterday for the first time in months, and then we decided to drive along the beach to see what we could see. However, it was soon clear that this was a very bad idea. The sand was softer than we had expected, and we weren't really prepared for it. We tried to turn back but as soon as you slow down on soft sand, you stop. We just managed to scrape our way back out after getting stuck a dozen times. It was a scary few moments!
This afternoon we're off to the Charles Knife Canyon in the Cape Range NP. It was recommended to us by Stan way back in Darwin so we're going to go and have a look.
Circular Pool in Karijini NP from below:
Circular Pool in Karijini NP from above:
This is the Emu that walked up behind Charlotte while she was having breakfast (Exmouth):
Walking along Weano Gorge in the Karijini NP
The view from Mt. Nameless in Tom Price. The 4WD track was much rougher than it looks here...
Camping in the bush in Karijini NP
Our last morning in Broome, we drove on to Cable Beach for breakfast.
There were thousands of these sitting on the road as we headed to Karijini. These were some of the unfortunate ones...
Stopping for a cool down on the way to Tom Price from 80 Mile Beach.
Well it's been a busy few days now that we're back on the road. We're in Exmouth now and this is the first place we've been able to get on the net. We left Broome last Wednesday, aiming for Port Hedland but we didn't actually get that far. About 3 hours down the road we found a campsite just about on 80 Mile Beach so we stopped there instead.
Everyone has said that Port Hedland isn't really worth bothering with so the next day we did a 7 hour drive straight to a mining town called Tom Price. This is off the coast road and is the nearest town to the Karijini National Park, which is where we spent the next few days. Karijini is essentially a series of gorges that you can walk down and go for a swim in. It's very nice.
One night we spent away from civilisation in the national park campgrounds. Facilities there consist of a drop toilet, and... err... that's it. And if you're wondering, a drop toilet is basically a toilet above a very deep hole. Lovely.
We're pretty self-sufficient these days so we plan to save money in future by spending the odd night in these remote places. It's a bit more interesting too. We've never been woken up by Dingoes howling and then walking round the tent before...
The following day we had a swim in circular pool after a half hour walk along the gorge, and we had the place to ourselves so it was superb. At lunchtime we decided to leave Karijini and do a 5 hour drive to a roadhouse at Nanuturra, and then it was another easy 3 hour drive to Exmouth where we are right now. Exmouth is the biggest town (which isn't saying a lot) nearest to the Ningaloo Reef; one of the highlights of the west coast. The difference between this reef and the Great Barrier Reef is that you can simply walk out from the beach and swim to it, as it's just off shore. The Barrier Reef was a 2.5 hour boat ride!
One strange thing about Exmouth is that wild Emus are walking round everywhere. Charlotte had one sneak up behind her this morning!
We had a little swim in the ocean yesterday for the first time in months, and then we decided to drive along the beach to see what we could see. However, it was soon clear that this was a very bad idea. The sand was softer than we had expected, and we weren't really prepared for it. We tried to turn back but as soon as you slow down on soft sand, you stop. We just managed to scrape our way back out after getting stuck a dozen times. It was a scary few moments!
This afternoon we're off to the Charles Knife Canyon in the Cape Range NP. It was recommended to us by Stan way back in Darwin so we're going to go and have a look.
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