02-31/07/2010 - photos
Participants: Tom Brennan, Rachel Brennan
Sunday 18 July: Barradale Rest Area - Exmouth (364km)
Rachel in Shothole Canyon
!Danger!
Badjirrajirra Walk, Cape Range NP
Rachel above Charles Knife Gorge
Rock formation on the Badjirrajirra Walk
Rachel on the Badjirrajirra Walk
View into Shothole Canyon from Charles Knife Road
Rachel at Charles Knife Gorge
The Harold E. Holt Naval Communication Station
Sunset at Vlamingh Head Lighthouse
Vlamingh Head sunset
Monday 19 July: Exmouth - Yardie Homestead (86km)
!Danger!
!Danger!
Sunset from Jurabi Sanctuary Zone, Ningaloo Marine Park
Tuesday 20 July: Yardie Homestead (127km)
Mandu Mandu Gorge, Cape Range NP
We found the progression of the people on these walk symbols quite amusing
Rock wallabies in Mandu Mandu Gorge
Rachel in Mandu Mandu Gorge
Rachel above Mandu Mandu Gorge
Rachel looking over Mandu Mandu Gorge
!Danger!
Yardie Gorge, Cape Range NP
Rachel on the Yardie Gorge trail
Yardie Gorge - Cape Range NP
Yardie Gorge
Yardie Gorge
!Danger!
Perhaps these sort of signs would be better than all the "risk area" signs?
Turquoise Bay, Ningaloo Marine Park. We went for a snorkel here, but the weather was not the greatest.
This is the view looking away from the beach. It's a fairly barren area, Cape Range National Park
Wednesday 21 July: Yardie Homestead - Coral Bay (197km)
Coral Bay, we had wondered what was causing the excitement on the beach - it was the daily fish feeding
Seagulls on the cafe roof in Coral Bay
Thursday 22 July: Coral Bay (1km)
Rachel on our snorkelling trip
What long shadows!
Sunset at Coral Bay
Finding the best place to take photos of sunset at Coral Bay
Moon and coastal cliffs, Coral Bay
!Danger!
Thursday 23 July: Coral Bay - Quobba Blowholes (274km)
The Blowholes, near Quobba
Rachel and the Blowhole
Rachel on the coastal cliffs near Quobba
The sucking part of the blowhole
Clam shell
Sea cucumber and sea urchin
A frightening monster (ok, a crab)
Rachel using her bouldering skills as the tide comes in
Blowholes scenery
As you came over the hill south of the Blowholes, there were many buildings and shacks which seemed to appear from nowhere.
Friday 24 July: Quobba Blowholes - Monkey Mia (452km)
Another seriously oversize load!
Hamelin Pool Walk
The shell brick quarry at Hamelin Pool
Shell bricks
Rachel at Hamelin Pool, home of the world's most famous stromatolites
Wagon tracks across the pool, from the days of the sailing ships
Rachel paddling at Monkey Mia
Rachel getting close to the dolphins (those pointy little things sticking out of the water)
Moonrise at Monkey Mia
Rachel double-fisting
Wineglass sunset
Saturday 25 July: Monkey Mia - Nerrin Nerrin Rest Area (262km)
Sunrise at Monkey Mia
Sunrise at Monkey Mia
Rachel
Dolphin feeding
One of the resident dolphins
Dolphins
Rachel feeding Surprise
Wulyibidi Yaninyina Trail
!Danger!
Wattle blossoms
Rachel on the Wulyibidi Yaninyina Trail
Yellow sand meets red dust
Rachel at Little Lagoon, near Denham