Bungles Bound - Friday 29/7/11

Packed up camp and hit the road for Purnululu National Park. As we had heard that the road in was rough and hard going we allowed 3hrs to travel the 50km into the park. We stopped outside the park and had lunch. This gave the tyres a chance to cool before we dropped the pressure in them for the rough ride in. We had a fun drive with 109 watercourse crossings (78 dry and 31 wet) and arrived at the visitor's center 1.5 hrs later.

We found the road wasn't as bad as we had been told (road conditions are dependent on recent weather and when the grader has been through). After paying the required fees we headed for our campsite where we setup the tent before heading for the nearby lookout for a beautiful view of the sun setting over the southern part of the Bungle Bungles.

We also had the unexpected visit of a paraglider  we had seen on our flight yesterday who was using the lookout for his landing site. His name was Ben and he was taking photos of the Bungles. Whether he had permission or not was anybody's guess.