Karajini National Park (3 nights)

After the mine tour we headed for the Dales Gorge camping area in the Karajini National Park, a park we had visited all those years ago and we are pretty sure we were some of the few campers in the park (the same time of year as this).  Boy have things changed, there are 144 camp sites and a team of volunteer camp hosts run the place.  It was full up by the end of each day we were there with people lining up in the morning to get in!  We ended up being allocated the site next to a couple we have been bumping into since the Bungle Bungles, both retired school teachers (maths and science) and camping it not caravan-ing it.  Good to hear where they have been and it turns out they will be at the same camp site in Cape Range National Park when we are there, John reckons we should send the boys over for some lessons – cheeky!.  We also ran into the bus people we met at Cape Keraudren, another excellent couple to know!

The Karajini is all about stunning gorges and falls.  Unlike so many of the gorges we have seen so far, you descend into the gorges, you wouldn’t know they were there just driving through the place.  There are pools in the gorges you can swim in but they are mighty chilly, Circular Pool took my breath away but Fern Pool was ok as it was in the sun, good to have a dip when no showers where going down. The temperature during the day was great, say 23-26 degrees, good for walking.  But as night it is freezing, literally! There was ice on the tent and vehicle in the morning.  I slept the first night ok but the next two were a no show, too cold!.  We didn’t get to all the gorges, you really need a week to see it all and we needed to move on given our Cape Range booking (if you don’t book you miss out) and we didn’t really fancy more of the freezing cold nights!  Leon and Enzo were sworn in as Junior Park Rangers and received great badges-see the school buddies chat page for more details!

The crew with Dales Gorge in the background