The outback adventures of Smash and Trundle
Another slow start morning, and we lazily made our way back to Kalbarri to do a quick tour around the inland river gorges before it got too hot. We took the gravelly and heavily graded road with a stream of other … Read More »
We left for Weano Gorge from the campground in the park, which we had been told was a sealed road but turned in to graded dirt after the turnoff – however it was very smooth going for the most part! … Read More »
Unfortunately we’d had a pretty terrible nights sleep due to the terrifying sound of the tide roaring in just below our camp. It had risen from 0.6 metres to 5.8 metres in 6 hours during the night – yikes! And … Read More »
Woke up in the Derby caravan park (we arrived too late yesterday to find anything else..) to a luxurious breakfast of Kununurra mango! Amazing! And watched the resident albino peacock strut around and fuss which was hilarious. We checked out … Read More »
Up with the smell of Ray’s delicious bacon, eggs and onions for breakfast along with some honeydew and bits and pieces from our snack supplies. We were joined by a very handsome and very photogenic blue winged kookaburra who was … Read More »
Once everyone was packed and ready to go, we started the slow and steady drive down south to the Bungle Bungle turn off in convoy with the boys. The stops for smoko and topping up cold bottled water were actually … Read More »
Got up nice and early and drove out to Katherine Gorge / Nitmiluk to start our overnight canoe trip up the gorge. We packed some clothes and food and my lightweight Nemo 2P tent into our (new!) dry sacks and … Read More »
Guy had written us up an itinerary for the day to head out to the West MacDonnell Ranges and go for some walks around the beautiful gorges and rock formations that the region was famous for, so we drove out … Read More »