The fascinating rock formations known as the Pinnacles can be found half an hour's drive south of Jurien Bay. There is an entry fee of $15 currently to enter this national park. Once we had parked we headed into the Pinnacles Discovery Centre to learn more about these rock formations sculpted by wind and rain. …
Just as well we like to sleep with the rain on the caravan roof because we certainly had plenty during our second night in Kalbarri. After breakfast we headed over the road to the Kalbarri foreshore area. Every day the local pelicans are given a small amount of fish to start their day. Needless to …
From Hamelin Pool we continued our drive south. After a couple of hours we turned towards the coast from the main highway but it was almost another hour before we arrived at the Murchison Caravan Park, our stopping point for the next few nights. After setting up the caravan we grabbed a few supplies from …
The helpful staff at Denham Tourist Information Centre had detailed to us what was required with going to see the dolphins at Monkey Mia when we had popped in there the previous day. So we took a quick breakfast and drove off in the early dawn towards Monkey Mia. After paying our park entry fee …
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Our next stop was at Coral Bay, which was only about 150kms south, mostly down the Exmouth to Minilya Road before turning west for 12 kms into Coral Bay at the end. Even though Coral Bay is a small town there are two large caravan parks and a resort for visitors. We stayed at Ningaloo …
The original instigation point for our big caravanning trip had been to fulfil Karen's dream of swimming with the whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef. So to make sure this happened I booked Karen this adventure for a 60th birthday present for when we would be in Exmouth. We made a booking with Ningaloo Discovery who …
After walking in Charles Knife Gorge on the inland side of Cape Range National Park the following day we drove from Exmouth up and around the tip, past the lighthouse to the sea side of the national park. At the southern end of the sealed road we could access Yardie Creek Gorge, the only gorge …
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After an overnight stop in Port Hedland we headed inland on Highway 95 towards the mining town of Newman. The first section would be about 290kms before the turn off to Karajini. Things were going smoothly until just before 11:00 when we started to back up in a line behind something. As most of the vehicles …
After lunch we drove into Kalamina Gorge over gravel roads. It took us about 45 minutes. We parked and followed the signs to the path that would descend down into the gorge. Signage warned us not to go too close to the edge of the rim.The view from above was beautifulbut after descending the rocky …
Vehicle movement noise disturbed us about 6:45 the next morning so we ate a quick bowl of cereal and hitched up the caravan and drove into Dales Campground. As we turned in we could see a queue of about six or seven other rigs so we joined on the end. Just after 8:00 the first …
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