Western Australia

Part 2

March 2005

Tillbaka till Personligt

Time to go outside the city and explore the west coast.
A four days bus trip together with a very diverse group of people - Japanesee students,
a French lawyer, a Swiss family, a Polish-German couple, a crazy Swede... And our guide Mark of course!.

The Pinnacles Dessert, Nambung NP

First stop - The Pinnacles.
A somewhat eerie feeling among the limestone pillars, even if it was bright daylight.

Sandboarding in Geraldton

Kalbarri NP

After a night at the hostel in Kalbarri did we heed for the national park. Running along the Murchison River, the park covers over 1000 km2 of bushland and gorges.

First stop - photo session in the middle of the dirt road.
A thorny devil!

Murchison River - slightly dried out...

Nature's Window

Z-bend gorge

The rumour said it was around 42 degrees.
And we were about to descend into the gorge

Murchison River

Shark Bay World Heritage Area

Hamelin Pool

Stromatolites!
The origin of life on Earth. These "living rocks" in a tidal pool might not lok very impressive but they are more or less identical to organisms evolving 1900 million years ago.

In comparison the ones here at Hamelin Pool are young - only about 3000 years.

Denham by night
The westernmost town in Austarlia

Monkey Mia

And at last I got a chance to take photos of some dolphins. A lot. Close up.

Eagle Bluff. Some of the shadows were actually sharks, so the area could live up to its name.

Shell Beach

Cockleshells - up to 10 m deep. Almost blinding white in the sharp sunshine. And crystal clear, lukewarm water.
Could have stayed here a bit longer...

Hutt River Province

"The second largest country in Australia"

Time to say goodbye!

Till toppen

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