TRAVEL WESTERN AUSTRALIA by FACTS4YOU.NET

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We woke up to a perfect day in Kalbarri Western Australia at the Kalbarri Beach Resort. The sky was crystal clear and the day felt like it would be a  warm one. Now this was mid June and back down in Perth, only about 500 kilometres south, it was pouring cats and dogs and very chilly. Kalbarri was the place to be!

After breakfast we drove west through the town of Kalbarri, which is not huge, but very pleasant with everyone dressed for the beach type atmosphere, wandering through the early morning shops and along the banks of the Murchison River. Kalbarri fishing is excellent and lots of people were enjoying fishing from either the river banks, jetties, or from boats anchored out in the river.

We inspected the Blue Ocean Villas, the  Reef Villas and the Palm Resort. Kalbarri hotel accommodation is wide in in the variety of quality. So you need to check the features of each hotel, resort or apartment carefully prior to booking. The locations mentioned earlier are all excellent.

For those touring in caravans there are several Kallbari Caravan Parks. The Murchison Caravan Park provides excellent facilities. This facility is central to all attractions.

We had heard the roar and rumble of the cray boats very early in the morning. Their day starts about 4 am as they need to check their cray pots early and get the catch of crayfish back into port as early as possible. later that day we were to enjoy a few of the crayfish caught that morning…none fresher anywhere.

Anyway we drove south adjacent to the rugged cliffs that descend steeply to the Indian Ocean. We had an excellent tour map in order to determine how far south to drive to start our walking tour from the various car parks into the tops of the cliffs. Our first stop proved to be an excellent photo stop from the viewing platform situated at the top of the red ocre coloured cliffs. The reason being that a large pod of dolphins a couple of hundred feet below us were having a great time diving and porpoising out of the ocean in pursuit of school fish. Wow what a sight.

We made a few more photo stops at various perfectly located car parks and the scenery was spectacular at each spot. About mid day we settled into a beautiful scenic area, and sat on our portable picnic chairs to enjoy our lunch of sandwiches and coffee while watching the ocean crashing onto the rocks of a sandy bay many feet below us. The birdlife was great as they dived and swooped on the heated rising air into and out of the bay below us.

When you visit Kalbarri make sure you allow a full day to explore the coastal region around ten kilometres south of Kalbarri almost into Kalbarri town itself. The colours of the cliffs, the magnificent Indian Ocean, the wild life and the foaming waves smashing onto the rugged rocky coastline will provide you with many magnificent photos and video to take home with you.

We eventually wound our way back into Kalbarri proper late afternoon just in time to once again watch some of the fishing boats braving the dangerous rips and currents into the harbour entrance. Make sure you dont miss that event either. We then went and purchased a few more fresh crays for dinner that evening.

Tomorrow we head east, from Kalbarri to the inland to explore the magnificent, rugged Murchison Gorges in the Kalbarri National Park area. Please visit again for the third day.

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