A day at Kalbarri

Our next destination was Kalbarri. After a 5 hour drive we pulled up to the caravan park about 6pm and set up.

Next morning we did a bit of a surf check along the coast, first stopping at Jakes Point, then Red Bluff. Unfortunately the surf wasn’t cranking – but the potential for world class waves was easy to see.

We walked up the path to the top of Red Bluff and saw a large pod of dolphins, a little baby one jumping around amongst the 20 or so adults. The views from the top were great and we hung up here for quite a while, taking it all in.

We then headed to the coastal section of the Kalbarri National Park and did a few walks, enjoying the scenery, watching whales splashing around and checking out the rock arch there. Again, we saw huge numbers of dolphins in the waters below, swimming happily along.

After a lunch at the Kalbarri pub, where Kelly surprised even herself by ordering fish chowder for lunch (and living to tell the tale) we headed inland to the gorge section of the National Park and walked down to ‘Nature’s Window’. This place was pretty cool and the Murchison River wound its way around the rock faces and out to the sea.

On the way back to camp, we stopped to help a little Thorny Devil get across the road.  We had been seeing heaps along the way, always in their funny frozen attitudes, but coming to a screeching holt and parking safely on the shoulder with a 2.5t caravan on the back is not so easy!  Finally we were free of the van and able to stop and take a look.

Completely worn out, we returned to the caravan park for dinner and sleep.