Hamersley Gorge - Road to Newman {Day Trip}

After finally heading off from the caravan park in Tom Price, sans our DVD players {which I now need to work out how to get from Wyloo Station} we made our way around to Hamersley Gorge.  We got there just before lunchtime but decided to head down to take a look and then find a shady spot for lunch.  Making lunch where the car was parked before wasn't really an option!

The walk was actually really easy, just some stairs down to the bottom and then up the rock face to the pool.  It was a lovely spot and would be amazing to explore further down the gorge in the water to see it all up close, but alas that would have meant swimming in freezing water with the smalls and we don't have a floating device for that, so we took what we could see and enjoyed that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After making lunch we made for our drive around the back of Karijini which considering it was gravel for most of the way to Wittenoom it was a really good drive... Till we blew a tyre on the camper.  What is it with us and tyres this year!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a quick look at Wittenoom, as we didn't want to arrive in Newman too late.  Hard to believe that until recently {well somewhat} it was a busy town mining a terrible product.  I would have liked to have explored the gorge but didn't want to stay the night in the town, so next time.

 

 The drive heading to Newman really wasn't what I expected.  It was so hilly, with so many ranges, gorges and driving right through them all.