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Gorge and River Section of Kalbarri National Park
Today we began with “The Loop” walk in Kalbarri National
Park (11.2km 3 hours 20 minutes) which walked along the cliff faces of the
Murchison River before descending to walk along the rock walls, then descended
again to the riverbed, before climbing back up and passing Nature’s Window on
the way back. The gorge is a beautiful
layered sedimentary rock, predominantly red, but also with patches of cream
mixed through. We saw at least thirty black swans, congregating in a shallow
section of the river. We then went to a
lookout at the top of the gorge.
We then drove to the Z-Bend section of the park.
Our first walk here was called the “Four Ways Trail” (6.3km 2
hours). The beginning of this walk had
beautiful wildflowers – some of the wildflowers are subtle and delicate, some
are very flamboyant! This then travelled
for some distance down a gully before coming out where a gully joined the
Murchison River from each side of the banks.
Our last walk for the day was the Z-Bend Lookout and River Trail (3.2km
1 hour). The walk to the lookout was
easy going and gave one of the best views of the day, down into the gorge. From here we climbed down to the river level,
via ladders and chimneys – a cool walk – with a great view at the bottom and of
the underneath of the overhangs. We
headed home for well deserved showers and dinner.
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