8th October

The trip from Denham was long enough, that we decided on a free camp stop along the way, to get away from the winds that pick up in the afternoon and because a nice spot happened to be on the route. Though it was around lunch time, we stopped and had a lazy afternoon in the van and went for a walk later on in the afternoon and fought with the flies. Man there was millions of the little Suckers and they get in your ears,up your nose and get in behind your glasses. They are very persistent and hard to keep out. As the school holidays were still on we had booked into Kalbarri just to make sure of a site. We were put onto the new undeveloped site with no grass or shade but hey,any Port in a storm, we were just glad to get something there.
On the way to Kalbarri the scenery along the main road started to improve with a bit of green appearing with larger trees and bushes and the Wild flowers. The road in was a mass of Flowers so a stop every now and then to take photos was in order.

    Our overnight free camp stop on the side of the Road between Denham and Kalbarri
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A few shots of the wild Flowers along the road side going into Kalbarri.
Kalbarri was one of those places that appealed as soon as we got there. A nice clean,tidy place that was immediately welcoming. The Caravan park was OK but as they said no shade but power and water so that's all you need really.
As there was so much to see around the place we sat down and drew up a plan of attack!
We decided on doing the Kalbarri Gorge on the Murchison river first. This was another dirt road but this time well maintained though still with a lot of ruts.

 There was a lot of these bushes around the area and with the Sun shining on them looked spectacular.

                           This was our first glimpse of the gorge from the first lookout.

            We carried on to the start of the track that led to the Natures window or "The Arch"

                        The view from the top looking down into the Gorge in Panorama.

From here it was down the track to the site of the Arch and past this view which is in a lot of Tourist info.
You had to sidle around the rocks on a ledge high above the gorge to get to the Arch but its worth the effort.

Of course you have to do the photo in the hole trick. We were lucky another couple wanted their photo taken so a reciprocal agreement was reached,we took theirs, they took ours.

                You can see behind us how high above the Gorge we were,very spectacular.

                                                 Another view of the Gorge from on high.
                        From here we drove to another part of the Gorge called the Z bend.

                                  Once again the views were spectacular,and so were the flies!!

 There is only one way to keep them at bay and it ain't that glamorous, but it works. Sorry Helen!!

                                             A very spectacular place and well worth a visit.
 Just to keep a Balance in the Blog, I cant show Helen in her funny hat without one of me as well.

                    Not pretty,but hey it keeps the flies from getting up your nose and in your eyes.
That's it for this installment, next, more of Kilbarri.
Cheers Dave and Helen