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CARAVANNING & adventure
At the bottom of Kalamina Gorge.
Karijini National Park a WA treasure
these up close.
But there are a lot of
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rocks were very slip-
family, plus the kids seemed to thrive in those challenging gorg- es and loved the adven- ture as well as the thrill of sliding down natural water slides and swim- ming in breathtaking pools.
There is very little shade and mostly red dirt with no grass, if it’s windy you can get a fair bit of dust blown into your van and campsite, so keep that in mind.
snakes in the national park, so keep your eyes peeled.
I think you need a minimum three days to see and enjoy most of the national park but five days would be more appropriate.
pery and there were sections where you needed to walk and swim through water to get further up into Ker- mits Pool.
The wildlife around camp consisted of your typical goanna, bush birds and the odd wal- laby but it was still good for the kids to see
You can book your campsite on the WA National Park website – they do have a very helpful information centre, with maps and points of interest locat- ed in the national park.
Karijini is definitely one of the best national parks we have experi- enced so far on our trip, and we will definitely return one day because we had so much fun.
A few sections were very slippery and steep – Raylene even used one as a waterslide, sit- ting down and sliding into the pool – totally worth the experience.
The downside I guess was the ‘stairways of hell’ as the kids named them, because what goes down must come back up.
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We were kind of happy to walk out of there with all our teeth still intact and that we hadn’t slipped over and smacked ourselves one.
The stairs at the end of the hike can be very challenging.
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While we were there quite a few people had falls, smacking their heads, hurting their arms and heaps of bruised backsides.
The campgrounds are traditional WA park campgrounds, with no showers and only drop toilets but all very clean and well maintained.
It was a fantastic ex- perience, though you do need to be quite agile on your feet.
It is very important when you go on trips for the day that you take more water than you think you’ll need because the tempera- ture is very warm, and you consume a lot dur- ing hikes.
On day three we went and checked out Knox Gorge which offered great lookouts, and Kalamina Gorge which was just a nice easy walk with plenty to see.
Also, it’s very impor- tant to carry a compact first aid kit with you for falls or snake bites.
This is a fantastic des- tination to visit with the
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So, you do need to be very self-contained and take plenty of food and water.
The spectacular Knox Gorge.