In theory it was only about two and a half hours drive south to Carnarvon from Coral Bay but it ended up taking us quite a bit longer due to the frequent stops we made, mostly to check out the beautiful wildflowers. However our first stop of the day was at the Tropic of Capricorn …
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 …
I'll start this post with a trivia fact - Tom Price is Western Australia's highest town at 747m. Sitting just out of town and above it is Mt Nameless / Jarndunmunha at 1128m. After our morning mine tour at lunch back at the caravan we decided we would head out to Mt Nameless / Jarndunmunha …
Due to our tyre blow out, the next morning we hitched up the caravan and headed out of Karijini National Park, to the nearest town of any size, Tom Price, a Rio Tinto mining town. After booking in at the caravan park and eating lunch we drove to the industrial area in the early afternoon …
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 …
After a relaxing time in Broome we hitched up the caravan and headed south towards Port Hedland. Friends had told us that we should stop along the coast on the way there at Eighty Mile Beach. It's a very popular spot and as a result we could only secure a non powered site over the …
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