Kalbarri

We were up early as we wanted to go walking in the National Park. We asked the owner for directions but she advised us that only 4WD vehicles could go on the road as it was an unsealed road and it was quite cut up as there had been no rain. She suggested that we could go on a tour but we would have to book this or we could hire a 4WD. We decided to head to the Information Centre and see what they could suggest.

In the end we booked a tour for the following morning (they provided Morning Tea with homemade cake so this sold it for Rich!!) Morning Tea is very popular in Western Australia (we’ll have to let you know if this is the case in the rest of Australia as we make our way around).

The lady was very helpful and gave us a map of the Coastal Cliffs walks which were all on sealed roads meaning we could get there in our van. We decided to go on the Mushroom Rock Walk which is a loop that takes you down one cliff to see the Mushroom Rock and then back up the other side before looping back. The cliffs were amazing colours and the way they had been weathered was incredible. It was really windy that day and waves were quite wild which just added to the scenic effect.

We drove to all the different scenic points on the Coastal Cliffs and did various walks around them which took up most of the day. By the time we got back to the camp we were both very windswept and rather burnt (the wind disguised how powerful the sun was!). It was a great day though!