(Photo: We couldn't resist this shot: Pippa at Port Hedland)
Pippa – We are going to go to Karijini N.P. We are going to go back to Gorges and walks. I got sick of beaches I like Gorges. We stopped at Ausi Road house. When we got to camp for the next 2 or 3 nights. We went to fern pool which is nice but still we have seen better. Campbell met some friends surprise, surprise. The next day we went to Circular pool which I found the best so far but it might change tomorrow. We played with Cam’s friends. We are going to go to some Gorges the walks are hard but it is well worth it. We went to Weano Gorge. Then we went to Hancock Gorge and did the spider walk. In the end that was my favorite gorge.
(This is a rock formation we came across at Karajini. We call it God's footpath)
Lachlan-We went to pt. headland. We saw a 5km long train. That night we went to a nice Chinese restaurant. The next day we went to a national park. We saw lots wildflowers. The stay at the national park we went to lot of gorges most of them colds. Today we went on a walk down a gorge which we could jump into the water.
(Photo: Fern Pool at Dale Gorge, Karajini National Park)
Rhys – from the picturesque industrial town Pt Headland to the Karijini National park we traveled into the wind, as did a large group of motorbike riders. Our economy was the worst have had so far 15.8l/100km. They guys on the bikes had the same problem most of them running out fuel and parked beside the road. We got ripped off for a 3.7kg LP gas bottle refill we paid $38 or about $10/kg, the best thing is that the biggest gas plant in Australia is only about 300km away and they sell it for about 0.03cents/kg.
Once we had set up we visited Dale gorge and swam in Fortescue fall and the Fern Pool, its amazing once you travel a bit south how much the water temp drops. Once again Kathy cooked a wonderful meal in our kitchen “under the stars”. With the moon not out the stars are amazing to sit and gaze up at, can you see the Emu in the sky? Ask me when I get home and can show you.
Next day when to all the gorges in the Weeno gorge area, very spectacular and a lot of fun squirming through the narrows, wading across pools unseen by the sun (very cold) then climbing through narrows supporting yourself off both sides then opening out on amazing pools that had vertical rock banks all around that were perfect to jump off into the water. The width in one area was about 600mm wide the bottom was solid rock worn very smooth by the water, it made a perfect slide, looks of fun.
From karijini to Tom price was one of our shortest lengths of travel in a day only 100km! Counted an iron ore train the had only 232carages! Was hoping to take the kids on a tour of the Hamersley Iron ore mine unfortunately the “bus” had broken down so we will do that tomorrow. We drove the Triton up to the top of mount Nameless the tallest mountain, hill rise in Western Australia. The altimeter in the car showed it at 1100m, the surrounding land is mainly at about 750m, which is quite high. Tomorrow we are going to travel down the track that runs beside the iron ore rail line to Karratha for which a Permit is required. I believe this line has the world record for the longest train at 6,700m long, we would love to see one of these.
Once we had set up we visited Dale gorge and swam in Fortescue fall and the Fern Pool, its amazing once you travel a bit south how much the water temp drops. Once again Kathy cooked a wonderful meal in our kitchen “under the stars”. With the moon not out the stars are amazing to sit and gaze up at, can you see the Emu in the sky? Ask me when I get home and can show you.
Next day when to all the gorges in the Weeno gorge area, very spectacular and a lot of fun squirming through the narrows, wading across pools unseen by the sun (very cold) then climbing through narrows supporting yourself off both sides then opening out on amazing pools that had vertical rock banks all around that were perfect to jump off into the water. The width in one area was about 600mm wide the bottom was solid rock worn very smooth by the water, it made a perfect slide, looks of fun.
From karijini to Tom price was one of our shortest lengths of travel in a day only 100km! Counted an iron ore train the had only 232carages! Was hoping to take the kids on a tour of the Hamersley Iron ore mine unfortunately the “bus” had broken down so we will do that tomorrow. We drove the Triton up to the top of mount Nameless the tallest mountain, hill rise in Western Australia. The altimeter in the car showed it at 1100m, the surrounding land is mainly at about 750m, which is quite high. Tomorrow we are going to travel down the track that runs beside the iron ore rail line to Karratha for which a Permit is required. I believe this line has the world record for the longest train at 6,700m long, we would love to see one of these.
(Photo: Lachlan at Hancock Gorge, Karajini)
Campbell – We went to Karajini National Park. I did a project for a Junior Park Rangers badge. We went to some gorges. My favourite gorge was Hancock Gorge. I liked the spider walk and Kermit Pool. You slid down small waterfalls into the pool. Most gorges were nice. We went to Tom Price. We drove up the biggest mountain in WA. We went on a mine tour. We saw big dump trucks. We saw lots of big diggers.
(Photo: Lachlan amongst the wildflowers)
Kathy – well I’m the last to write the blog which has been done over a few days so mine is the most up to date info! We’re now at Point Samson up from Karatha. We’ve made the diversion up here so Rhys can visit some clients. Point Samson is actually only about 300 km from Port Hedland but we came via Karajini National Park and Tom Price…and about 1,000 kms!
Karajini was such a contrast to the white beaches and blue water of the coast. Instead we had red dust, deep gorges, beautiful wild flowers, fresh water and no midgies! The gorges were some of the best we’ve seen. The landscape almost didn’t appear real. It was as though God decided to do some landscaping the plants and rocky outcrops are so nicely placed. Adrian and Sue, if you ever get the chance you should come up here you’d get heaps of great ideas!
The first day at Karajini we sent Campbell off on the bike to make sure we had the right track and then come and tell us. Well, he mustn’t have heard the bit about coming back and we finally caught up with him on some very gnarly tracks. I’m not sure they were really made for bikes!
(Photo: Campbell on his gnarly track)
I think our favourite gorge was Hancock. The circular pool, the Amphitheatre. Spider Walk and Kermit Pool were beautiful. The walks in were steep and quite challenging but you should see our toned legs! It beats a workout in a gym anyday.
From Karajini we headed to Tom Price. Tom Price is a surprisingly clean and neat town. We drove up Mt Nameless, WA’s highest “mountain”. From the top I was amazed at how hilly the surrounding area was. It appears quite flat when you are traveling on it. The mountain was also covered in some of the best wildflowers we’d seen yet.
The next day we went on a tour of the main mine at Tom Price. Rhys got to see some of his fans and Campbell got to see some big diggers and dump trucks. It is incredible to see first hand iron ore being mined, one of the main contributors to Australia’s economy remaining afloat!
After the tour we jumped in the car and headed down the track next to the rail line. It was a very interesting trip and we saw about 12 trains. The trains have about 230 carriages containing the iron ore. We probably saw some of the best wild flower fields along this track but not too many opportunities to stop and admire them as there was a bit of traffic on the track – mainly company four wheel drives and trucks.
We are now in Point Samson in a small resort which has really seen better days but at least keeps us away from the midgies!
We are heading down to Nigaloo reef next but are not sure whether we will break our trip somewhere along the way as Rhys has to see a client tomorrow.
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