Kalbarri National Park |
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Getting There
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Assorted banksias |
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The algal pink colour of Hutt Lagoon was enhanced by the approaching storm |
Murchison Rivermouth - morning after the storm |
Kalbarri wildflowers
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When smoke bush is in bloom you can see where its name comes from |
Smokebush, grass trees and many species of small flowering shrubs stood out from the dull green background as we drove across the plateau, stopping here and there to roam into the heath. |
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Some of the many .... |
.... wildflowers .... |
....of Kalbarri |
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A walk by the river at Ross Graham Lookout |
View from Hawk's Head over the Murchison Gorge |
Feral goat |
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Thorny devil |
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Overlooking the middle section of the Z Bend |
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The beautiful banded rocks of Kalbarri |
One of many flowering shrubs |
Descending into the gully from the plateau ... |
... to follow it down to the river |
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Murchison River and Gorge |
Canoeing beneath the overhanging sandstone cliffs |
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Where the canoe trip ended |
A nice shady overhang for lunch |
Snake bird and cormorant |
Nankeen night heron |
Egret in the reeds |
Rest break on the banks of the Murchison |
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The Loop Track (8 km) |
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The obligatory pose - sitting in Nature's Window |
Cliff-top flowers |
Bend in the Murchison |
View through Nature's Almost Window |
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Like an old ruined city - piles of cairns have appeared on the cliff edge |
Shady tree on a sandy beach - time for lunch |
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Following a rock ledge along the river |
Passing beneath a rocky sandstone outcrop |
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Bend in the Murchison |
Black swans and coots drifting down the river |
Yet another shady tree on a sandy beach |
Pink and white banding in the sandstone cliffs |
A hot afternoon on the Loop Track |
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One last dip in the cool waters of the Murchison .... |
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... before heading back across the flower-speckled dunes |
Kalbarri Coastal Track (where the irresistible meets the immovable)
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The Natural Bridge (start of the Bigurda Track) |
Island Rock and the 100m high pale grey limestone cliiffs |
Looking down onto the Grandstand |
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The jaggedly carved cliffs of Eagle Gorge |
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Heathland along the track to Eagle Gorge |
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The waves roll in at the mouth of Eagle Gorge |
Red tiered cliffs of Pot Alley |
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Mushroom Rocks (with a bit of imagination) |
The intense blue of the ocean contrasting with the pinkish sandstone at Rainbow Valley |
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Ochre coloured bands in the rock at Rainbow Valley |
The polychrome rock faces of Rainbow Valley |
Ancient hieroglyphics? - no, fossilised marine worm tubes |
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So if you were out surfing the offshore break at Red Bluff in September 2002 .... nice ride!!! |
Kalbarri sunset |
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