We would have loved to stay one more night at Whalebone (as other campers seem to do illegally) but decided to continue onto Kalbarri.......Hamelin Pool was on our way which is where there are living Stromatolites. Here are Patty & I walking along the jetty looking at the stromatolites (they are the dark patches in the water.)
The vegetation on the Western Australian coast is unbelievable & I am continually amazed at how beautiful the country is.... This picture shows some of the vegetation we could see heading into Kalbarri...
Until the rain came..... this is our first taste of cool, wet weather......lucky it stopped raining by the time we made our camp but unfortunately wasn't enough to wash the van.
Our camp at Kalbarri.... first time we have had the back & side screens up .... this was to keep us warm at night for our Happy Hours & protect us from the sea breeze.
This view is looking from our camp to the river......even when a van was on the site in front we still had good views. Kalbarri is a very pretty town & "the girls" managed to find quite a few good shops to browse in & spend money!
We set of with a picnic lunch to the National Park to view the Murchison Gorge & Lookouts.
By the way, I recommend anyone coming to Western Australia for a holiday buy the the monthly or yearly permits to visit the National Parks. We have found it would be much cheaper this way. We have been paying $11 a car every time we enter a National Park & most of the tourist attractions are in a National Park.
Fantastic views of the Murchison Gorge but the flies were unbelievable. This is our new look wearing our fly nets.....
Sue leading the way with & Patty & Kel following up this steep rock face to see Nature's Window. We sent Tony ahead so he could show us the way....
And here we are...... finally at the top and sitting where all the tourist sit for the photo...... but it does make a great shot and views of the gorge were pretty good as well!
We did encounter this snake on our return to the car...... "snake whispher" Tony came to the rescue again.... this is the 2nd snake we have seen close up on this triip.
Tony loved the surf beach here but the waves were too big for the kayak.
The views from the lookouts in Kalbarri National Park were quite spectacular & very similar to the Great Ocean Road.
Kalbarri Part 2 next....
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