Kalbarrie

Sat 14^th June 

We travelled back along an even better dirt road until we met the coast road and then we drove towards Kalbarrie. Along the way were side roads leading to stunning coastal views, each a little different from the others. Each one was easily accessible for the caravan to park and turn around and there was a range of different marked walks you could do. At one spot we saw four humpback whales breaching with their huge splashes. Once again there was a wide variety of coastal vegetation in flower. There are so many different colours and many of the flowers are quite big.

In Kalbarrie National Park we unhooked our vans and travelled the loop road that was made for the first 11km and dirt for the other 17 or so. Once again the lookouts have been well developed with good parking areas, toilets, well-formed walking tracks and lookout platforms. We looked out on the canyons with the Murchison River (the second longest river in W.A.) winding below. This was once the sea bed. In the sides of the cliffs we saw lots of caves and holes you could see through. After collecting our caravans we drove back to the Coastal Highway and found an excellent camp site on the Murchison River at Galena Bridge. There are lots of other vans in this free campsite but there is plenty of room, the toilets are clean and have paper, and there are lots of concrete tables and benches and fireplaces.