Kalbarri - you'll love it!

18th June - Ray spent the morning rotating the tyres as they have done over 10000 kms this trip so that was a bit of fun for him on the red sand! He managed OK but it was a bit of a slow job. 

It was a bit eerie today as it was overcast and difficult to tell where the sea ended and the sky began but it was still so inviting I had to have what is probably one last snorkel, though I could only see about 1metre in front of me and didn’t much like not being able to see what was coming so just had a short ‘invigorating’ swim and with no wind it was lovely.

19th June - Sadly we had to leave our little bit of paradise today and it took 3 hours to get back to the highway and on our way to Kalbarri. 

Shell beach

A handful of the beach,
the whole beach is made of these 

We did call into Shell Beach at the bottom of Shark Bay on our way. It’s an amazing beach completely made up of tiny shells and the water is crystal clear but quite crisp, according to one young couple about to dive in while we were there.

After a long day driving we got to Kalbarri and will be staying in a great spot in a lovely little park opposite the river, for at least 4 days. It came over cloudy and started to rain as we were finishing setting up so went for a drive to find fishing and surfing spots but it’s so windy not much fun at all.  At least it’s not cold, quite mild actually and hopefully it clears up soon enough for us to go and explore.

20th-21st June - Cold and windy so we did some shopping & hibernated for the rest of the day on Wednesday. 

Beautiful day Thursday morning so after getting the washing on the line we went for a 9km walk around the Loop of the Murtchison River in Kalbarri National Park. Striking rock formations, a winding river and so many varieties of flora made this walk very interesting - 

Murchison River viewed
through the Natural Window 

following the loop of the river, firstly along the top of the ridge from ‘The Natural Window’, down to the river and following the path of the river via a rough rock ledge for a good part of the way. 

I’m sure this would not be allowed in NSW where everything is fenced off for our protection and you have to take photos through wire or from a great distance, one part we had to get down on our knees and crawl around a ledge with not much room between it and the river. 

This is the narrow ledge we
had to crawl up

Ray saved me again as I fell while jumping down to a lower rock. A couple of grazes and probably aches and pains tomorrow but otherwise OK. We are so unfit, we got home for a late lunch and rested the remainder of the afternoon. It has got so cold now we have dug out the winter woolies and have the heater on.