After another starry night in the swag we packed up camp early ready for a morning hike back at the domes. The light was very different from when we were there at sunset on Sunday. We hiked to The Window where we all said goodbye to Karen and Kieran as they continued hiking further – they are staying another night in Purnululu. The rest of us headed back as Bob and I had booked a helicopter flight over the ranges. The flight was…
Well, we’ve finally spent our first night in a swag! The temps are getting quite low at night now so it’s much more comfortable sleeping. We kept the canvas rolled back and could see the milky way all night. So magical. We headed out on a quick walk around the campsite before the 1 hour 30km drive to the northern part of the park. We headed out on the Mini Palm Valley Walk. For the first time this trip, Bob…
Today was a bucket list day for me! We had repacked the car and were back traversing the 4wd track by 645am to pick Jase and Sue up. We then embarked on the 2 hour 50 km trip into the national park. There were a number of water crossings to traverse with submerged rocks. Kieran romped it in getting his van across them all. We set up tents and swags, had lunch and headed out for the rest of the afternoon hiking amongst the…
We left Lake Argyle this morning and headed straight to Kununurra (along with all the other travellers entering WA from NT) and finally managed to stock up our supplies. We were back on the road by lunch and rounded out the 300km trip. We saw a lot of Boab trees on the way as well as some interesting rock formations. Tonight we are at Violet Valley Campground with Karen and Kieran. It was a 13km 4wd into the campground towing…
A down day today. Karen watched the sun rise over the range from the kayak while sipping tea and counting crocodiles. It sounded lovely, but not enough to entice me out. A few vehicle maintenance tasks today ahead of our next trek into the Bungle Bungles. We spent a couple of hours this afternoon at the Argyle Homestead Museum where we gained an understanding of the pastoral development of the area and the families that made it happen. The same…
This morning we all agreed to an early start and headed down to the water at 730 am with our kayaks, ready to inflate. No real points there as we are still in NT time and it was really 9am in our heads. We spent a lovely 4 hours kayaking around a small portion of the lake. 10km later, and my arms will be reminding me of today’s exercise tomorrow! Sue saw a little freshwater croc but it disappeared into…
We left Victoria River by 8 this morning for the 300km drive to Lake Argyle. Excitingly (for me) the boab trees started appearing before we reached the WA border. After around 250km we hit the border and the quarantine station where all fresh food we hadn’t eaten was confiscated. The plan was to stock up at the store at Lake Argyle when we arrived. Along with losing our food at the border, we gained time… so much of it. Our…
A relaxed departure from Wangi Falls this morning – we all headed down for one last look at the falls and confirmation that the croc is still out there… A 500km trek today. Not a heap to report. We stopped at the magnetic termite mounds – the mounds are built with their main surface area facing north and south and next to nothing east/west to reduce the heating effect during the day. A short stop for lunch at Pine Creek which is…
This morning we all headed out around 9 (well 10 minutes later cause Bob forgot to tell me the target time that had been arranged the night before). We headed straight for Tolmer Creek and Falls. This was an opportunity to get the drone out (NT allows drone use in national parks with a permit). We stopped upstream from the main falls (which had some pretty impressive falls on their own) and found some stunning scenery with a natural arch….
Another day today of hiking, cascades and waterholes. Jason and Sue drove back to our campground this morning (they were unable to secure the full 3 nights at the camp so had to stay up the road a bit for the first night). We headed back to Wangi Falls and inspected the croc trap…no luck yet. We then embarked on a 5km hike up across the top of the falls. Once up on the plateau we headed 1km further in and found…