WA Road Trip

Wednesday 7 July: Mt Augustus (85km)

Animal tracks - some kind of goanna?

Long legs!

It's not exactly what you'd think of as a resort, but at least it has hot showers

Mt Augustus Summit, Mt Augustus NP

Rock art at Beedoboondu (Flintstone Rock)

Beedoboondu

Rock formation

Rachel on the Gully Trail to Mt Augustus

Rachel

Still in the gully, but we've climbed a fair bit

On the summit trail

Rachel and Tom at the summit of Mt Augustus

Wild flower

Rachel, descending via the Summit Trail

Wild flower

Wild flower

Saddle Trail (The Pound), Mt Augustus NP

The Saddle in the Pound

The Pound

Mt Augustus at dusk

Goordgeela at dusk

Mt Augustus at dusk

Thursday 8 July: Mt Augustus - Tom Price (514km)

Mt Augustus Outback Tourist Resort

There were lots of dips on this road - not all of them marked

The corrugations on the road were so bad that you had to drive with one hand on the windscreen wipers to keep them from going on!

Cattle on the road, a fairly common sight, though they mostly stayed on the sides

Friday 9 8 July: Tom Price - Karijini NP (Eco Retreat) (104km)

Marauding Corellas at Tom Price Caravan Park

Joffre Gorge, Karijini NP

Rachel in Joffre Gorge, Karijini National Park

Tom in Joffre Gorge

Rachel with Joffre Falls in the background

Trying to find an alternative route out of Joffre Gorge

The pool at the base of Joffre Falls

Rachel on descent after failing to find an alternative exit

View down Joffre Gorge from lookout

Joffre Gorge

Scrambling out of Joffre Gorge - the exit is like a series of steps

Saturday 10 July: Karijini NP (Eco Retreat) (21km)

Hancock Gorge, Karijini NP

Rachel descending into Hancock Gorge

Rachel in Hancock Gorge

Rachel in Hancock Gorge

Hancock Gorge

Rachel on the Spider Walk, Hancock Gorge. "You will get your feet wet" the sign proclaimed (incorrectly, as it turned out!).

Kermits Pool, Hancock Gorge - Karijini NP

Hancock Gorge

Hancock Gorge

!Danger!

Regans Pool, Hancock Gorge - Karijini NP

Hancock Gorge

Cliffs above Hancock Gorge

Rachel exiting via the Spider Walk, Hancock Gorge

Kermits Pool, Hancock Gorge - Karijini NP

Hancock Gorge

Weano Gorge, Karijini NP

Weano Gorge

Rachel in Weano Gorge

Weano Gorge

Rachel and Handrail Pool, Weano Gorge

Rachel exploring the wet section of Weano Gorge

Rachel exploring the wet section of Weano Gorge

Tom contemplating the Class 6 section of Weano Gorge

Rachel exploring the wet section of Weano Gorge

The hordes arrive at Handrail Pool, Weano Gorge

Rachel exiting Handrail Pool, Weano Gorge

Weano Gorge

Rachel on the Weano Gorge trail

Rachel vs the Anthill

Oxer Lookout - junction of Joffre, Red, Weano and Hancock Gorges

Oxer Lookout

Weano Gorge in the late afternoon

Weano Gorge in the late afternoon

Handrail Pool

Weano Gorge

Sunset in Karijini NP