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| OUR BIG TRIP MARY & OLI GOING AROUND AUSTRALIA |
KIMBERLEY - Page 9
20 August 2007, Tuesday
Today we drove to the Purnululu NP - the Bungle Bungle as commonly referred to. An early start meant that we would
hopefully arrive early at the entrance to the dirt road which leads to the park. The 53 km's from the Great Northern Hwy to the
Visitor Centre takes about 1.5-2 hours and caravans and 2WD are banned - he he he. We heard stories later that caravans
made it through the trek and when the Ranger found them, they were turned back without seeing anything of the park. First
you drive through the Marbel Downs station and after about 10 km's you hit the first creek crossing. In August the water is
quite shallow and you can see the rocks, but some people still try to charge through it and break their suspension. Put it in
1st low range and let the car drag you through and over the boulders. Easy !!! The trek is quite interesting, up and down
through floodways, dirt road corrugations, some rocky parts and the average speed does not go over 30 km/h. We took it
very easy and reached the visitor centre after almost 2 hours. From here you can decide to either use the Northern or
Southern camping area and pay your fees. We went to the Walardi Campground in the Southern part of the park. It was
actually quite empty - much better than we expected. We also went for a little drive to the Dom area in the south to see which
area is good for the sunset and found a good area for the first sunset. This is a truly amazing area, not just from the air. See
pictures below for today.
20 August 2007, Tuesday
Today we drove to the Purnululu NP - the Bungle Bungle as commonly referred to. An early start meant that we would
hopefully arrive early at the entrance to the dirt road which leads to the park. The 53 km's from the Great Northern Hwy to the
Visitor Centre takes about 1.5-2 hours and caravans and 2WD are banned - he he he. We heard stories later that caravans
made it through the trek and when the Ranger found them, they were turned back without seeing anything of the park. First
you drive through the Marbel Downs station and after about 10 km's you hit the first creek crossing. In August the water is
quite shallow and you can see the rocks, but some people still try to charge through it and break their suspension. Put it in
1st low range and let the car drag you through and over the boulders. Easy !!! The trek is quite interesting, up and down
through floodways, dirt road corrugations, some rocky parts and the average speed does not go over 30 km/h. We took it
very easy and reached the visitor centre after almost 2 hours. From here you can decide to either use the Northern or
Southern camping area and pay your fees. We went to the Walardi Campground in the Southern part of the park. It was
actually quite empty - much better than we expected. We also went for a little drive to the Dom area in the south to see which
area is good for the sunset and found a good area for the first sunset. This is a truly amazing area, not just from the air. See
pictures below for today.
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| First creek crossing into Purnululu NP - about 5 more to come - which are easier, but a couple of them are actually deeper than this one - all are easy to get through - more difficult early in the season. |
| Entrance to Purnululu NP - exiting Marbel Downs station. |
| Sunset at a lonely dom range just outside of the Piccaninny Creek Car Park. |
| Nice formations - this already gives you a feeling of what is to come in the next couple of days. |
| Happy couple and impressed by the sandstone formations. |
| More impressions from sunset including a face in the rock - can you see it? Below also some panoramic shots. |
