Karajini National Park

From Millstream Chichester National Park (the names come from the two stations that were converted to national Parks when the pastoral leases expired), we headed further inland to Karajini NP. This has become very popular since a bitumen road was constructed to the main camping area at Dales Gorge, where we stayed. The road trip across was interesting as we had to wait some time to get through the pass at Hammersley Gorge because a road train had got caught on the jump up coming out of a tight bend at the top of the pass. When we eventually got through, we were amazed that road trains could get through at all - certainly wouldn't like to meet one and have to reverse all the way back out again.

Karajini is famous for its gorges but as the photos show, they are quite different from the ones we have experienced so far. About 500metres from our camp and 120 metres down into the gorge (and that far back up again, though it feels like much more) was Fern Pool - our bath tub for this camp. (photo). It supposedly has indigenous significance. We were told we should enter the water very quietly, take a mouth full of water and spray it out over the surface of the pool and introduce ourselves to the spirits. The aboriginal fellow who told us that also said that if they answered back to get the hell out of there.

Kristy and Jodie, Ric wanted to include the photo of me clambering around a rock wall, in spite of my fear of heights, to show you what I have been getting up to on this trip. I told him, you know me well, and would say - that's our mother. We have climbed, clambered, waded, swum and walked our way into and out of some of the most amazing gorges we have ever seen. David, Tim & Jo, I wanted to include the photo of Ric climbing out of Handrail Pool to show you what he was doing on his birthday.