First stop was at the Visitor Centre.
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- Visitor Centre.
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- Inside Karijini Visitor Centre.
Covering 600,000+ hectares Karijini National Park in the Hamersley Range is Western Australia’s second largest park. Its climate is tropical semi-desert. A highly variable, mainly summer rainfall of 250–350 mm, often associated with thunderstorms and cyclones, is accompanied by temperatures frequently topping 40 degrees Celsius.
Its massive mountains, escarpments, gorges, and stony, tree-lined watercourses are over 2,500 million years old. This world class National Park is the most stunning in Australia.
After we had set up camp we walked over to Dales Gorge – about 300 metres away. There was enough daylight to visit Fortescue Falls and Fern Pool. Dales Gorge was named in 1948 after a well sinker who worked on Mulga Downs Station.
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- Dales Gorge.
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- Fortescue Fall Track.
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- Steps into Dales Gorge near Fortescue Falls.
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- Near Fortescue Falls.
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- Fortescue Falls.
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- At Fortescue Falls.
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- Fortescue Falls.
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- Tammy at Fortescue Falls .
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- Dales Gorge.
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- From the floor of Dales Gorge.
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- Fern Pool.
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- Fern Pool.
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- Fern Pool.
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- Fern Pool.
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- On the floor of Dales Gorge near Fern Pool.
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- From our camp.
Day 7 Karijini to South Hedland
We started the day with a walk along Dales Gorge. The combined gorge rim walk and walk along the bottom of the gorge takes about two hours. We walked into Circular Pool at the eastern end of Dales Gorge.
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- At the bottom of the gorge approaching Circular Pool.
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- Track marker.
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- Heading to Circular Pool.
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- Near Circular Pool.
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- Near Circular Pool.
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- At Circular Pool.
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- Approaching Circular Pool.
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- At Circular Pool.
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- At Circular Pool.
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- At Circular Pool.
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- Approaching Circular Pool.
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- At Circular Pool.
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- At Circular Pool.
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- At Circular Pool.
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- At Circular Pool.
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- Circular Pool.
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- Circular Pool.
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- At Circular Pool.
From Circular Pool we set out to walk the floor of the Gorge.
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- In Dales Gorge.
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- In Dales Gorge.
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- In Dales Gorge.
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- Tammy in Dales Gorge.
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- In Dales Gorge.
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- In Dales Gorge.
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- One of many Dales Gorge track markers.
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- In Dales Gorge.
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- In Dales Gorge.
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- In Dales Gorge.
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- In Dales Gorge.
We did a section of the Gorge Rim Walk.
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- A much photographed Snappy Gum (Eucalyptus leucophloia) on the Gorge Rim Walk.
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- Dales Gorge Rim Walk.
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- Dales Gorge Rim Walk.
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- Dales Gorge Rim Walk.
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- Dales Gorge Rim Walk.
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