Karajinni Nat. Park



Dales Gorge



We visited this National Park and stayed two days.  It was very hot, very basic bush camping, dry and so so dusty.   The nearest gorge just a walk away, the rest were accessed by very rough 4Wd roads.   The gorges were amazing.   The rock formations again, so different from any that we had seen before.  We were "outgorged" but couldnt resist.   The only gorge that we actually went down into was Dales Gorge.  We were staying at this campground.   It was a very long walk down into the gorge over rough rock steps.  The waterfall was beautiful.  A short 300m walk further on was  Fern Pool.  It was a very deep, cool pool, the most popular swimming hole here.  Sadly I didnt go in.  Very deep right from the edge and I was too chicken.  Instead I sat on the wooden deck and hand fed bread to the hundreds of fish that were here.  It was amazing to see the frenzy they started when they saw the bread sitting in the palm of my hand.  When the bread was gone, I dangled my feet and they gave me a "pedicure" with their needle like little teeth.  So cool.

Fern Pool

Kalimna Gorge waterfall - we walked into see this but didnt go into the gorge itself

Knox Gorge

Circular Pool

Weano Gorge

Joffre Gorge

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At Oxer Lookout, 5 gorges come together and the scenery is breathtaking.  Rick and I were in awe. These gorges can all be accessed by 2-3 hrs. of walking down into them, some you can abseil into and there is one where you actually climb down a ladder to get into the waterholes.   All of them were full of water that was freezing cold according to the young fit backpackers we spoke to who were game enough to do them.This park was a major detour for us, clocking up prob. close to 600km return out of our way, but was worth every minute.  Cant express how beautiful they were, just had to see them to beleive it.  Each and everyone of them was different.   We couldnt actually acess a couple of them due to closures, not sure why. 

We have been very blessed too with the fact that we are now in the midst of the start of the wildflower season here in WA.  From flat, desolate roadsides, we are suddenly seeing flowers of all hues, on the way to the Nat. Park w saw lots of color, two days later, there was a profusion of new flowers.   I am going to start taking some pics and put them up prob. not that exciting for anyone else, but its so exciting to see the colors as we pass by.

Our friends the caravanners from SA,  Tony & Ros left us from here.  They are headed to Kalgoorlie and then back home so that they can take a cruise to Vanuatu they booked many months ago.  They would have preferred to stay on and keep travelling but of course they didnt know they were going to hook up with us 12 weeks ago.   Helen & Eric the motorhomers from SA have been having serious power problems with their motorhome and are hoping that by the time we get to Karratha their will be an auto electrician that will be able to help them out.   Had lots of work done in Broome and now it seems, the "experts" ther actually stuffed their 12volt system up to the point it no longer works.