1 July 2012 My birthday and Josie made me pancakes but no birthday cake where is the love Yardie creek gorge walk takes you along the top of the gorge looking down on the water . We snorkelled yardie creek beach lots of small colourful fish not a great variety of corals here as its quite shallow . Bungara beach and where back in the water and theres some cute looking fish in bikinis not bad .
2nd July We snorkel the oyster stacks at high tide some good sized spangled emperor amongst all the small fish Turquoise bay for the drift snorkel and I find a groper about 1m long under a rock ledge and some more stunning fish in bikinis . Stayed at Yardie creek caravan park whilst cooking dinner in the camp kitchen Josie starts talking to three german backpackers poor buggers didn’t know what was coming there so young .First the eyes get that glaze like the lights are on but nobodys home . Then the tricle of blood from their ears 11pm and they go unconscious I have to stop her talking now before they slip into a coma and were asked to leave .
3rd July Drove Exmouth to Karajini national park did some night driving as we left Exmouth about 7pm dodging roos sheep and cattle for a couple of hours we had plenty of room between the road and scrub . We came across a dip to a creek and the trees were a lot closer to the road . And I say to Josie I don’t like this and 5 seconds later a wallaby jumps in front of us jumped on the brakes but we didn’t loose much speed . Wallaby went under and we heard the thumping and cracking of bones all the way down the car . Turned back and dragged the wallaby of the road and found a joey alive and unharmed with no fur and undeveloped eyes so I laid it on mums fur and it settled down I left it there to let the cold night air or foxes dingoes to take care of it . That’s road kill 2 and 3 . We stopped not far up the road and camped for the night .
4 th July Karajini Where up at 5am to do the corrugated and dusty drive to Hancock gorge walked to amphitheatre ,kermits pool and the chute , From here I watched as a guide set up ropes so a group of high school kids could climb the rest of the way down to the bottom of the gorge in wetsuits as the water is freezing . Josie stayed at the amphitheatre as she thought it was to difficult to go further . On our return Josie has trouble stepping down a two foot drop after some encouraging words from me like just do it sook I attempt to lift her down . This came with a loud refusal I think she needs some ice cream or some girl to girl time any way she got herself down minutes before the high school kids came by saving us much embarrassment .Weano gorge and we get to the bottom and Josie doesn’t want to climb any further so I go into handrail pool and theres no one there so I have a little skinny dip and im out and dressed before a young couple arrive . Joffre gorge and I take the track to the gorge floor and then scale the rocks beside the waterfall this gorge has a fantastic amphitheatre .
5th July Karajini Fortescue falls and circular pool we swam in circular pool and its ice cold I have to keep swimming for it to be enjoyable and when I got out my skin was stinging my manhood has suffered another setback . Walked back to fortescue falls and swam in the fern pool this one was warmer as it’s fed by a thermal spring . Hammersley gorge for the twisted rock formations and hidden on the east side of the gorge is a great little fern lined gorge with a deep pool of clear water .
6th July and we camped at Mt Florence station some great conversation around the campfire and the station manager explained life on the station and gave us an insight to the cattle industry . Millstream national park and we walked to the homestead from the crossing pool a distance of 6km return . We met mr Mooey in the creek had a great set of horns and was reasonably friendly could get as close as 3m before he would move but he would never go far .
7th July Chichester national park and we walked to Mackenzie spring and Python pool along the camelers way 10km return barren country around here mostly Spinifex and rocks .
8th July Camped at Cleaverville beach outside of port headland this campsite is the land of a thousand generators difficult to hold a conversation here . Port headland and Karatha had nice parks and beach a busy port and the rest was dirt and industry .
9th July big driving day boring stopped at Eighty mile beach Wallai downs shoulder to shoulder fishing saw 3 threadfin salmon landed all about 1m long I caught nothing so I said were going now .
10th July Another big boring driving day camped roadside stop 170 km south of Broome . Lunch at Port Smith large estuary with huge tides Into Broome and a walk around town . Broome has the smallest jetty of any town in our travels . Gauntheame point for a broome sunset .
11th July camped at pcyc Broome had a great chat with campers beside us drove dirt road to middle lagoon corrugated dusty and abandoned cars and trailers left in the middle of the road make it an exciting drive ..
12 July Drove to chile creek one arm point where we watched the tidal flow between the islands . Here we also saw turtles and fish . Found evidence of a romantic interlude a box of cheezels an empty wine cask and some condom packets .Now I know where im going wrong with the ladies ive been buying beer and chips . Had a look at the Trochus shell farm at one arm point and then round to the boat ramp to watch the thresher sharks feeding on the remains of a turtle .I found its head in the rocks and threw it in the water to get them feeding again and one swam around with it in its mouth .
13th July Said our farewells to our friends at middle lagoon and did the long drive to Willare roadhouse on the Fitztoy river $15 for a tent site hot showers and free washing machines and dryer that’s a bargain we normally pay $36 for a tent site which I think is a rip off for asleep a poo and a shower .
14th july Derby much less touristy than Broome here and a great lookout muddy rives and big tides
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