Karijini National Park
We dropped down from Port Hedland to the Karijini National Park.
Karijini is one of those places that everyone who has been urges you to go and see. And we did !
We walked a few of the gorges and visited a few from above and that are spectacular .
We also decided to hike up Mount Bruce which is at 1234 metres is the second highest peak in WA. We started later in the day than planned and ended up in the 35 degree sun which doesn’t go too well with north europeans. It was a pretty hard old way up but the views of the surrounding park were glorious.
As with most of the spectacular natural sights in the outback there are close by some man made triumphs and we had a great view of Rio Tintos Marandoo iron ore mine which is hidden behind the mountain like some Tolkienesque goblin secret. It produces a mind boggling 200 millions tonnes of iron ore each year and the mountain range it nestles in has 80 percent of Australia’s iron ore reserves. The train that was picking up the ore to be taken to Dampier had 140 carriages and we estimated to be 1.8km long.
We didnt see this Gecko as it was probably still in counselling after years of school yard bullying
We also caught up with Lyn and Sue . It was great seeing them again but we also had to say our fond farewells as our paths were winding in different directions ours south west theirs north east.
They had stopped in a gravel pit to camp on the way up and had found a stash of Paint tin lids . Lyn had kept a few as you never know when such a thing could be useful. We mused over a coffee ( i was on the wagon ) about all the things that could be done with virgin paint tin lids and i was challenged to find some and be creative with them . We subsequently did so and here is the result . BTW double sided tape hurts.
Artistic credit goes to Lyn from his now legendary mountain pose !
Lyn who is a whittler and carver gave Kate a feather he carved – we love it !
Aussie tradie toilet hunour
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