29 August - Bungle Bungle (Purnululu) National Park – walks of the Northern Section

29 August 2016 – 185 372

Bungle Bungle (Purnululu) National Park – walks of the Northern Section

This morning we got up at 5:00am and were out at the park ready to start walking at 8:00am.  Drew let the tyres down and this gave a smoother ride, but probably not much difference in driving time. https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/park/purnululu  Today we went to the Northern Section of the park – this is quite different to the Southern Section – in my opinion it is more spectacular.  The first walk we did was the Homestead Valley walk, followed by the Mini Palms Gorge; both from The Bloodwoods.  

The Mini Palms Gorge walk was my favourite in Purnululu National Park, and surprisingly we saw almost no one on this walk.  

We then drove to the Echidna and walked to and into Echidna Chasm – this was pretty cool – it looked like you had reached the end, only to find a narrow opening that went around boulders and up ladders to reach the true end.  The height of the walls on each side was amazing.  https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/echidna-chasm

On our way back to the caravan park we stopped at Kungkalanyi Lookout – this gave a great view of a small part of the burnt out area of the park. I was so tired that I fell asleep in the car on the way back to the caravan park despite the very rough road.  When we got back to camp we did some sorting out and stocktaking in preparation for our departure and shop tomorrow (before tackling the Gibb River Road).