DAY 21 Pilbara – Kimberley Trip
WINDERABANDI POINT (NINGALOO STATION) - EXMOUTH
The coastline here is beautiful. We’ve enjoyed a few swims as we meandered north today through the 50k of pristine beaches in the Cape Range National Park. The water is beautifully warm.
The road to Yardie Creek was an interesting 4 WD track – some tightish turns and corrugations but nothing strenuous. The Yardie Creek crossing was a bit of an anti climax as we did it very easily. The tyres were lowered to 40 and 45 and this helped as the sand was soft. After crossing the creek the tyres were pumped back up again as it was a normal road from here on to Exmouth.
We happened to be at the creek at just the right time for a cruise up the gorge. Whilst the cruise only went about a kilometre and a half into the gorge there was a lot to see. The highlight was seeing the black footed rock wallaby.
We also saw several osprey, a pair of corellas, flowering Morning Glory, and a Cape Range Kurrajong – a tree native to the North West Cape.
The multi coloured gorge itself was impressive – I loved the rock formations.
We then slowly made our way to Exmouth by going in and out of some lovely beaches. We stopped at the Milyering Visitor Centre and then at the Vlamingh Head Lighthouse lookout. The views from here were as spectacular as described in the literature.
We caught up with Dave and Theresa from Ningaloo Safari, fellow Oka owners. They welcomed us warmly and we spent quite a bit of time sharing information over a glass of wine and beer.
After a swim in the caravan park and a lovely dinner I started to catch up with the blog whilst Min went to top up the oil in the Oka.
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You intrepid travellers! Such fortitude, such patience. After the 4th day in the 40's with flies up every orifice, I'd have caught the first road train eastbound. This would be my version of hell. Love reading about everything you've seen and where you've been. It'd be cool if you had a map on the blog that tracked your journey. Technology for another trip. Had a good chuckle about the wrestling match. Which one was the goat by the way? :) And it wouldn't be the Mauragiai in the desert if there weren't saltibarsciai on the menu, now would it? Sorry, but your butter churner is here in Sydney. As marginu margucius Sydnejuje, o jus marginat margucius God knows where in the Western wilds. (By the way it only reached 18 in Sydney today...) Linksmu Velyku!
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