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WA2021: Kalbarri and Geraldton

The Pink Lake – yes it really is that colour!

Tuesday 17 August

It seems like I have so much to report since my last post – we have been to Kalbarri and Geraldton and a few other places in between. We have now landed in a Council bushcamp, which fortunately has Optus service. This is a really quiet and tranquil spot, but you will have to wait for my next post to read all about it. In the meantime, there was so much of interest around the Kalbarri and Geraldton areas. However, our visit to Geraldton was marred by some very disappointing news.

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17 August 2021 4 Comments
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WA2021: Shark Bay

Dirk Hartog Island – Office, café and bay

Thursday 12 August

After a very easy 200 km drive, we arrived in Denham for a late lunch, which turned out to be later than we had hoped, as you will find out below. Denham is located on the shores of Shark Bay, almost, but not quite the most westerly point of mainland Australia and we are were there for four nights and have now (Thursday 12/08) landed in a free camp next to the Murchison River (inland from Kalbarri).

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14 August 2021 2 Comments
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WA2021: Ningaloo

Yardie Creek Sand Bar

Our four days and five nights at Yardie Homestead seemed to disappear quite quickly, particularly as we are now coming up to our second and last night at Wooramel River Retreat. Yardie Homestead is located on the west side of the North West Cape, the side of the cape that features Ningaloo Reef. When we booked this campground, we could not get a site five nights in a row, so we booked three nights at and unpowered site and two nights at a powered site. We tried to change this when we arrive, but it was not possible – as it happens this was a good thing.

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8 August 2021 3 Comments
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WA2021: Dampier

The North West Shelf Gas Project on the Burrup Peninsula

Our five nights in Karijini sadly came to an end too quickly and we were on our way back to the coast, heading for Dampier. The drive took us to Tom Price (strange name for a town) and along the access road to Rio Tinto’s railway. This required us to sit through a 20 minute safety video in order to get a permit to use this road – we were expecting something a bit different!!

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3 August 2021 3 Comments
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WA2021: Karijini National Park

Sunrise over Karijini National park

I had heard so many great things about Karajini National Park from various people that I was looking forward to experiencing it first hand. We had purposefully booked five nights in Dales Campground to give us time to visit as many gorges as possible. After our two nights in a motel at Port Hedland, it was back to camping. It also meant that temperatures were about 10 degrees lower. Yet again our stay here was a mixed experience that almost ended in a less than happy outcome.

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30 July 2021 2 Comments
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WA2021: Port Hedland

Eighty Mile Beach (my feet got wet taking this one, but the water was so warm)

Mention Port Hedland to anyone and their immediate thought would be iron ore and/or salt. Surrounded by numerous mineral mines and salt pans, Port Hedland is WA’s main port for exporting both. It is also probably not the most likely place for tourists to visit. However, I was interested in seeing the ‘other side’ of WA before heading inland to Karijini.

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22 July 2021 2 Comments
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WA2021: Horizontal Falls

The disused lighthouse at Cape Leveque

Our next destination after Birdwood Downs Station was a prebooked campground half way up the Dampier Peninsula called Banana Well. When we were trying to book, this was the only place that had the last remaining vacancies on the whole of the peninsula. In anticipation of our stay, we had, after much consideration, decided to book a day tour to the Horizontal Falls. The booking fell on our second full day, but as with some other aspects of our trip, this did not go to plan!

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19 July 2021 2 Comments
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WA2021: Highlights #2

Sunsetting on the Windjana Cliffs

Friday 16 July

In an attempt to bring you up to date with our travels, this post describes some of the highlights since our visit to Charnley River. It seems appropriate to complete the picture so far as we are now at our half way point in our three month trip – yes it is six weeks since we left Victoria. Six weeks since we came out of lockdown and, I am sorry to hear that, yet again, Victoria has been locked down. It seems that we are in the best possible place in Australia at the moment.

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16 July 2021 2 Comments
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WA2021: Life on the road

Taken by drone at one of the picturesque water crossings.

In my posts so far, I have been describing our journey, along with its ups and downs, most of which have been related to Covid and border permits. It is now four weeks since we left home and we have only just started to feel we are having a holiday, rather than being on a journey. So, I thought it would be interesting to write about what life on the road is like for us.

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14 July 2021 7 Comments
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WA2021: Charnley River Station

During my 2017 road trip Charnley River Station was a four night pre-booked stop along the Gibb River Road. It was such a great place that it was a must for our current trip. This is particularly so due to it being one of Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) sites giving K plenty of opportunity to photograph birds and other wildlife. If also offers access to a few very picturesque gorges and water holes that are not generally accessible.

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14 July 2021 3 Comments

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