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| Catching some Rays: Solar works great up here!!!! |
About 70km from tom Price is the Karijini NP. This National
Park, the Largest in WA, encompass’
some of the most magnificent gorges and
scenery. Unlike Windjana Gorge, which is raised above the land and gorges
carved out of the Mountains, Karijini, is flat with the gorges deep, deep into
the ground!
Karijini NP also includes Yampire Gorge, the place Lang
Hancock first discovered and mined crocadilite (Blue asbestos) but then shut
that down when the larger deposit was discovered at Wittenoom gorge. Wittenoom
Gorge is only 10km from the savannah Camp ground, admittedly, over a mountain
range! Still, so close to such infamy is some of the most amazing scenery this
land has to offer!
Drop by the Camp Hosts to get our sire allocation. Camp
hosts are people who volunteer to assist DEC rangers with camper issues. Here
there are 2 couples, “working” a 2 on/2 off roster. In return they get, free
camping, power and water (the rest of the NP has no power or even bore water!!)
Seems they are looking for a couple to do this for 4 weeks, starting next week!
I offer, but an quickly shot down, being told they are looking for COUPLES, not
FAMILIES. D’oh!
We head to look at Circular Pool Lookout. Amazing. One thing
that need to be said. Everything here sits on a bed of iron ore. This whole
national Park is RED, with Red and black tonings. The Visitor Centre is made of
untreated steel, allowed to gather surface rust, and it just blends in to the
surroundings. The Red in the photos still doesn’t quite do it justice!
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| In Memorium |
Day 2 here and we head into the car and head to Oxer Lookout
and Junction Pool. WOW. 4 gorges all coming together, makes for a spectacular
sight and again the colors are amazing. At Oxer lookout as Regan’s Pool.
Regan’s Pool, was renamed in 2004 after the death of a Newman SES volunteer who
was killed when a flash flood struck during a rescue operation of a tourist who
had injured themselves on the walk in the gorge below. Several members of the
rescue party were injured, and Jim Regan was killed. The tourist suffered no
further injury. A Celtic cross adorns the site., Also bearing testament to the
number of cliff rescues is the permanent tie off fixtures present for High
Angle Rescue gear.
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| Stoopid People |
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| Fern Pool! Awesome |
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| Max having his toes nibbled by fish!!! |
We head back for lunch after dropping by the visitor centre.
Again, brilliant, we done DEC!!! Blending local indigenous heritage with the
more modern “European” history of the area.
Afterward we head to Fern Pool. As this is a class 4 walk (1
being wheelchair accessible, 5 requiring “experienced hikers”) Mandy opted not to do it, after I’d recced it the
day before
Did you check with Mandy first, or the boys before volunteering :D
ReplyDeleteWhy no children.????
All looks fantastic.
Well mum, it was kind of and "off the cuff" remark. I think they are looking for Grey nomads, not families, as here you essentially end up working. The volunteer Camp hosts, collect fees, allocate camp sites, clean toilets and deal with issues etc. They "work" 2 days on 2 days off, and really they are pretty busy. Families with young children wouldn't be appropriate due to inability to supervise.
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