After the coldest night we have spent since arriving in Australia - it had in the middle of the night in the emergency room, the duvet the posterior angle geklaubt! - The day begins as he left off. In the Swiss-round brunch and talking extensively. Only at 11 clock, the teams are departing or are already exploring. Reto and Theo will continue your trip to the north (we want good trip, was nice to have met you too!), Silvia and Marcel have the same front as we are, namely, exploring some impressive gorges in Karijini NP.
was 2.5 billion years ago the present NP-field seabed. Due to the tectonic shift of continental plates, the rock has been pressed against each other, wordurch have formed thrust faults and cracks. The folds presenting themselves as gentle rolling hills, covered with bright spinifex clumps, green and white-ethnic Streuchern paper bark trees. In conjunction with the red earth and the deep blue of the sky a very attractive appearance! And out of the cracks is a spectacular gorge system has developed. The entire park is furrowed with some very narrow and deep gorge runs in which - now in the dry season - fresh water then splashes through natural pools and rock gutters flows, left and right limits of over 100 meters high canyon walls - wow! Inconceivable when squeezed in the rainy season, many times the mass of water through the narrow cracks and crevices! A din of the more rare kind
tour of the "Dales Gorge" (24/11/2008):
The four of us make us shortly before noon and descend on the way to the Dales Gorge. Cascade one, the fresh water of the main stream poured into the round rock tub where we enjoy the refreshing afternoon splashing toilet. Sandra and I wander desedimentation further and climb the canyon bottom (do not worry, there are many marked hiking trails!) approach while Silvia and Marcel the Lookouts and us "accompany" from above. It's like you do in a wild over-sized garden on a hike, deep green, rippling and sparkling water and ubiquitous iron-ore-containing rock, reminiscent at the sight actually more on metal than on stone, confirmed by the sound, when two walked on the rocky parts strike against each other.
zerrieselt Imperceptibly the time and after climbing out of the gorge is already late afternoon. It is triggered the next camp site. Since the exploration plans for the next day with two travel teams look identical and there was so much fun to be on the road again for four of us, we repeat the team compound the night before and jointly seek the barbecue place at the Camp Site in hardware. Once again, the mutual complement refrigerator perfect website and it is wonderful schlaraffiert accompanied by a tetra pack of red wine! :-)
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| Gallery Karijini NP / Dales Gorge |
The next morning you go one step further to another gorge
"Weano Gorge" (25/11/2008)
With turn aufgeschnalltem backpack with swimsuit, towel and water, a short but steep descent takes you to the canyon. After a few meters to swim or wade's called already. To the upper body in the water as possible we carry on our luggage. Around every bend is the scenery spectacular, narrow, deep, surrounded by bright red rock. And always water flowing over stone runs that are slippery and slimy. Caution is called the mother of wisdom!
end of the gorge one encounters a large swimming pool with about 10 meters in diameter, lying between vertically rising cliffs. Over a handrail at the end of a knotted rope is installed, you get to the edge of the pool - To "hand rail pool! We have not included here any superlatives to spread about how the bathroom feels like the middle of this scene!
According to the phase-out of Weano Gorge after we experienced quite sure of achieving no more increase. A mistake to turn out as we shall see.
first time - it is already back in the middle of the afternoon - brought a snack break, during which we meet Julie. Julie is traveling on business, the Australian is a professional photographer and specializes in "Nature Photography". They dragged their equipment - as much as possible - in the back rows of natural beauty, camped in the bush - always looking for the perfect photo. Julie tells us that it will start bright and early tomorrow and catch the mood in the initial days Hankock Gorge try. At 6:30's clock to go off. Although we wanted to start driving again in the evening actually a little further towards the coast, we spontaneously change our plans and join with Julie's project.
After a delicious spaghetti-round view of the upcoming early reveille good time in bed is called for.
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| Gallery Karijini NP / Weano Gorge |
Hankock morning tour of the Gorge (26.11.2008)
clock reveille 6.00, 6.30 or clock march down to Hancock Gorge. Even the entrance is spectacular gorge in the morning light crown, base of the gorge still shady and dark against the light. Just before the canyon bottom, an approximately 5 meter-high vertical ladder. Then play, the "slot canyon" along, be waded out already after the first corner thigh-deep water needs. The perfect refreshment for the start of the day! We are progressing slowly: one must first be the best route through the sometimes steep rock walls "reconnoitred" and second, to be extensively photographed and responsive, not only by the professional. On the rugged Iron ore formations there are always good and secure grip and the natural steps can be used as Gehplattformen when time does not just wade through water.
The mood at the beginning of the day is hard to describe. The upper part of the side walls is already illuminated by the sun and the reason it is still cool and shady. The red-and orange-colored rock formations exert a potentiating effect on the play of light off - fascinating!
After Amphitheater - such a distinctive rounded and steep stair-like means of increasing range in the gorge - follows the spectacular range: a 1m by Stieg narrow canyon with neat and Wasserzug totally a slippery surface. "With all fours" We climbed the cliffs along the ground under the water flushed through canyons find no support, we must cling with their hands in the side edges of rock! And rightly called this the "Spider Walk" - we literally stick like spiders on the Rock. And it's enormously fun. Even Marcel, who accompanied us and has no fewer than 64 Lenze, becomes a child! :-)
we reach the end of the "to irreversible" area (on we go only with a guide, safety ropes and rappelling skills!), Where countless photos are burned onto the chip card. The sun produces incredible light shows, by one light from dark areas in almost illuminated grooves and canyons provides. After extensive photo round we climb along the march route back and the one or the other dip in the pool. Refreshed and totally impressed we get out of the gorge and take a short time later, the trip to the park starting in attack. Goodbye Karijini.
A long drive to Exmouth and the coast, lies before us, about 800 km. Tom Price (an artificial town for mine workers) make short-supplying stop. At the entrance stands a conspicuous relic of the mine building. A giant colossus of a truck with the millions of tons of iron ore rocks have been transported. The photos in the gallery show the almost unimaginable Proportions of the monster.
The journey continues through uneventful bush, where we take in the evening "in the middle of nowhere" night stop before we leave the next morning to Exmouth on the Coral Coast. As it is handed down to us, on the next report!
At this point, many thanks for all the positive reactions from the home, which we are pleased each time huge, and to all those who follow our blog and Australia interested mitgeniessen virtually with us! See you soon!
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| Gallery Karijini NP / Hancock Gorge |
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