It was an endless drive to Karijini National Park.
Leaving Coral Bay during sunrise, the small village Tom Price was our next next stop over to stock up food and beverages before entering Karijini. The distance from Coral Bay to Tom Price is 550km - from there it took us another 80km to Karijini Eco Retreat where we did our camping in the Park.
This was the first ride which felt like Outback - nearly nobody was on the streets, except some wildlife, especially cows made their way into the bushes. Although there is nothing to do than singing in the car and looking the landscape - it is somewhat cool to drive there.
We stopped from time to time, enjoying the lookouts. The landscapes gets rocky from time to time and beautiful panoramas can be enjoyed. The only thing, which never changed is the number of flies attacking you once you get out of the car. Therefore, we decided to get some mosquito heads latest in Tom Price. But they were sold out.
Once we reached Karijini National Park, the scenery changed. The Park offers beautiful colors, wild flowers, and stunning rock formations. But the best part of Karijini was definitely the pure air in the evening and night - and the most impressive sky we have ever seen.
After having dinner at the Karijini Eco Retreat, we hang out at our camp ground, our car already camped up, we enjoyed watching the stars. We have never seen so many stars - with the Milky Way appearing as a band of million of stars. We just sat there and looked at this galaxy with our naked eye. Impressive. It does not need much to have an unforgettable evening in the Outback. A glass of wine, candles - maybe a torch is helpful just to double check if everything is clear of spiders around you. Once you are in the outback - and you are used to the sand which will be literally everywhere - you do not need much to have a good time.
We got up early - like almost everyday on our trip - to further explore the Park. Karijini offers many gorges to visit. We learned that the region around Karijini consists of ancient rock formations. It is said to be the place where the first soil was released from water so you can see the oldest rocks on our planet.
There has been created a beautiful scenery over millions of years - and walking the trails along these formations made us really feel small.
From our campground we could walk to Joffre Gorge - and we also went to Hancock Gorge.
The Gorges have not really been filled with water - although the wet season is until April, most of the gorges have been dried out already. With or without the waterfalls filling the gorges, we had a good time in Karijini - with the Milky Way bring the highlight after sunset and the Gorges being worth a small hike during daytime.
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