Today was one of those days where you think you are almost
at your destination but the actual distance is much further then you thought.
The road down south towards Karjini felt never ending. Finally we reached Auski
Roadhouse. We fuelled up, checked our emails and messages and drove the last
stretch to Karjini. The landscape changed as we came closer to the park with
hills and mountains and rocky outcrops giving it a more interesting feel then
the dry flat landscape we had seen for the last few days.
Our first stop was Albert Tognolini Lookout. The view was
nice and it would have been a great campsite but it was too early for us to set
up camp in this heat. So we drove on and headed to Karjini Visitors
Information Center. The building looked very futuristic from the outside but
after we entered the ‘spaceship’ it was so nice and cool inside. We looked at
the displays that informed us about the traditional aboriginal culture of this
area and about the flora and fauna. We picked up some maps of the park and the
available walks.
After driving to the Dales area we prepared some lunch and
then walked down to the Circular Pool. It wasn’t an easy walk and it involved
descending down a steep trail before arriving in the gorge where you had to hop
along rocks and little streams. But the pool was lovely and the water was cold
and refreshing. A great reward after the little walk in the stinking heat.
After we felt we’d cooled down enough a big group of
backpackers arrived so we left the pool and climbed back up the trail. Although
there were two more walks nearby we decided to leave them for tomorrow morning
when it would be much cooler and we set up camp in the nearby Dales Campground.
We found a nice spot in the shade and settled down for the day.
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