Pardoo Station 9/6/15 Amazing landscapes of spinifex covered mountain ranges with bands of exposed orange and black sandstone, that's the Hammersley Ranges! The landscape flattens out to clumps of Boulder covered plains further towards Port Headland. Called into Port Headland for a look and enjoyed lunch at the old railwagon restaurant, destination Pardoo Station. Just 50 km off the GNH and the road in is well maintained. Pardoo is still a working station, t...

Karijini NP 3/6/15 This is the NP we've been hearing lots about. We have booked into Dales Gorge Campground and been allocated a Kangaroo Loop site by the camp hosts. Karijini is the aboriginal word for, as we know it, the Hamersley Ranges. There is a wide selection of mostly gorges to trek, all of varying difficulty. We have been well prepared from our hike in Mt Augustus to tackle just about anything!! This is a refreshing park, plenty of choice, either walk ...

Newman 31/5/15 Destination Karijini NP, but due to the unseasonal rain, the Ashburton Downs road is closed and we have been advised to take the Woodlands turn off to the Three Rivers Road which we did, via Newman. However, we drove and plodded along on this grass paddock road, very little signage and what was there was quite obscure. Fortunately Steve has a sense of direction and we were heading the right way. There were visions of headlines 'couple stranded in ...

Mt Augustus 28/5/15 This is the beginning of the dust!! Now on the Cobra Dairy Rd, Cobra being a station but now encompassed in the NP as of the mid 1980's.Mt Augustus is visible from approx 100 km since it is the largest rock in the world, termed an 'inselberg' or island mountain, it is striking even from a distance. Mt Augustus is still a working station, privately owned and the side business of tourism complements the station operation. It was easy to take th...

Gascoyne Junction 27/5/15 We've decided to take a break from coastal towns, turning sharp right once again, this time heading for the bush. A great little outback spot, very new government built and operated roadhouse/ bar/restaurant and caravan park - wonderful amenities and newly grassed sights in the middle of nowhere. Apparently this is the only liquor licence held by the WA government. Enjoyed our Barramundi at the bistro while we had Foxtel origin 1 view...