Taking the scenic route, one day at a time
Quobba Point Still hugging the Western Australian coastline as we head south, we came across a bush camp nestled into the sand dunes at a place called Quobba Point – about 70kms north of Carnarvon, and a million miles from cares. Bliss! Quobba offered spectacular sunsets, long walks on the beaches as well as up…
Our main reason for wanting to visit the world heritage Ningaloo Reef was to tick off a major bucket list item:- the chance to swim with whale sharks! Ningaloo Reef is one of only a few places on the planet where whale sharks appear regularly in reasonable numbers and are relatively easy to access. They…
Our final weeks in the Pilbara saw us slowly winding our way south-west from Port Hedland through the Karratha and Dampier region and then ending at Onslow. Karratha Karratha, with a population of almost 17,000, is the main centre servicing the Pilbara region. With the best range of shops we’d seen in a while, we…
As detailed in a separate post, we drove for about four hours down the Great Northern Highway from Port Hedland to visit the Karijini National Park. This 300kms section of highway is particularly busy with long road trains that thunder under the weight of their heavy loads, especially iron ore and heavy machinery transported between…
After leaving Port Hedland, we headed due south, about four hours’ drive inland, to explore the much anticipated Karijini National Park. Karijini is Western Australia’s second largest national park, situated just above the Tropic of Capricorn, and is noted for its spectacularly rugged gorges punctuated with watercourses and swimming holes. We walked the 4kms Dales…