Situated at the mouth of the Murchison River, Kalbarri also offers a NP for visitors to marvel at the carved landscape of river gorges and sea cliffs as well as the floral beauty of river redgums and wildflowers including the "Kalbarri Cat's paw".
We visit Nature's Window which is a natural rock arch that frames the upstream Murchison River as well as other lookouts and walks in Kalbarri NP including Z bend which contains the fossil tracks of a scorpion like creature called a eurypterid that grew up to 2m in length.
We then follow the coastal route which features magnificent, towering cliffs that plummet to the waves below. The 430 million year old sandstone & limestone coastline slowly yields to the force of the Indian Ocean which have sculptured some rather precarious rock formations including Island Rock & Natural Bridge.
Continuing south we dicover Hutt Lagoon, known as the Pink Lake, a betacarotene mine used as dietary supplements.
Our journey continues as the road winds through rolling hills and picturesque pastoral grazing land. Historic townships such as Northhampton where history abounds through buildings, convict ruins and a Governor's mansion are very different from the hardy, tough NP flora that we have seen to date.
Heavy rain and equally conditions on our way into Geralton finds us in the safety of a cabin for the night.
Yay! Thought we'd lost you for a while there. Was nearly having to volunteer to come over and mount a search.
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