The Bungles are about five hours south of Kununurra in WA. About 2km of the earths crust has eroded in the past 360 million years leaving these remarkable landforms exposed. It was fantastic. Photos below.
We have returned to K. and pleased to find a new stone guard waiting (to reduce the chance of a rear window/panel damage from rocks ricocheting off the the trailer). We left our mangled original in Darwin. To give you an idea of how remote we are, it would have been $80 cheaper to send it from BNE to Broome opposite ends of the country). We hope the RACQ wears the $510 back in Brisbane! Also very pleased that the local Toyota shop found 15 minutes to re-attach an about-to-fall-off side mirror. They are like hospitals for cars.. one couple was having their car shipped back to Melbourne for repairs. We are feeling very lucky as we head off onto the famous Kimberly mecca called the Gibb River Road. We should re-emerge in about two and a half weeks in Fitztroy crossing. This is our next laundry and rest-stop. We hope the caravan park has a pool! Based on our experience so far, there may even be wi-fi along the way.
Thanks everyone for your comments on our prior blogs.
I have updated the Map of our travels, you have to scroll down the panel on the LHS and click on page 2 to see our most recent tracks.
We visited Echidna chasm, and impossibly sharp fracture line in the rocks. At midday (solar) the sun shone directly into the chasm lighting it up with a orange glow. Even the digital natives thought it was more impressive than an ipad!
Approaching the western scarp. The last 50km of the road is rough with a few creek crossings. Very exciting.
Lovely looking, but scratchy and spiky spinifex grass.
At Walardi campground.
Termite nest!
Walking up Cathedral Gorge in the south section of the park.
The dry river beds with scoured bases give an idea of how much water must flow here in the "wet".
Squirty bottle fight!
The bower bird nest in Echidna chasm.
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