Holidaying in WA - Suggestions?
Submitted: Thursday, Nov 17, 2005 at 20:37
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Member - Davoe (Widgiemooltha)
Well i have finally held down a permanant job long enough to rack up a months holiday which will be my first since May 03
At the moment i am thinking of doing a Gascoyne/Murchison trip including Collier range NP and Kennedy rangeNp with the highlight being a trip to a place i have wanted to go for ages - Mt Augustus. Then another look at the Coral coast now I have a 4by with a better look on the way back at KaranjiniNp as i didnt spend long enough last trip in 98.
Other options are a South West trip As I havent been further than Walpole or a trip to See the Folks In SA checking out a few spots on the Nullabor with some Mullaway fishing at the
Head of the Bight as
well as another look around my old stamping areas around
Venus Bay as
well as the
Gawler ranges NP as I havnr been there since it was made a NP
Time of year doesnt matter as i am looking at going any time in the first half of next year
Any other Suggestions?
Reply By: Motherhen - Thursday, Nov 17, 2005 at 21:45
Thursday, Nov 17, 2005 at 21:45
Hi Davoe - how late into the first half of the year? What about the
Kimberley - I thought you'd covered much of the state, but don't know if you've been that far. We haven't yet (apart from stops at the ports from when we travelled by ship, and my husband as flown to a few key towns when he worked for a Govt. Dept). We are hoping to get there one day.
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (Widgiemooltha) - Thursday, Nov 17, 2005 at 22:04
Thursday, Nov 17, 2005 at 22:04
Had a look around the kimberlys in 03. Then problem with the area it is hard to make them into a loop which I like doing so I am not retracing my steps. the trip took 6 weeks and went Kal-Pt headland -
Broome- Kunnunurra -
Katherine -
Darwin - Alice - Ularu _ Kal via gcr
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Reply By: joc45 - Thursday, Nov 17, 2005 at 21:46
Thursday, Nov 17, 2005 at 21:46
Davoe,
Along the south coast thru to the south west, the possibilities are endless. If going north, also consider
Rudall River NP, east of
Newman. It's an oasis flanked by the Little and Great Sandy Deserts, and really worth the trip.
I recall you've already done lots of south coast trips east of
Esperance. Top country.
Gerry
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (Widgiemooltha) - Thursday, Nov 17, 2005 at 22:06
Thursday, Nov 17, 2005 at 22:06
Thanks for that The
Rudall river np is pretty out of the way but Sounds like it is worth the effort If I go that way
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Reply By: atoyot - Thursday, Nov 17, 2005 at 22:05
Thursday, Nov 17, 2005 at 22:05
Davoe,
You can't go past the
Kimberley. Highlights on the way, if you went the coast way include
Steep Point and
Shark Bay,
Cape Range, 80 mile beach and plenty of others in between. We probably appreciated it more cause it's so far away from NSW, but then again, I think we'd appreciate it if we lived there to,
Andrew
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Reply By: Member - Andrew(WA) - Thursday, Nov 17, 2005 at 22:21
Thursday, Nov 17, 2005 at 22:21
Best time of year for Mt Augustus is around Sept Oct. Not too hot, perfect weather and all the wild flowers are doing their thing.
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (Widgiemooltha) - Thursday, Nov 17, 2005 at 22:23
Thursday, Nov 17, 2005 at 22:23
Hmmm By then I will have 8 weeks racked up - More than enough time for a look around
Cape York
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Follow Up By: BenSpoon - Friday, Nov 18, 2005 at 02:50
Friday, Nov 18, 2005 at 02:50
Thats my plan mate- by then I'll have 8 weeks as
well and am heading to the cape via an inland trek. Probly taking off mid sept from
perth or kal.
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Follow Up By: Member - Beatit (QLD) - Friday, Nov 18, 2005 at 09:40
Friday, Nov 18, 2005 at 09:40
Last time I checked
Cape York was not in WA! But after reading your posts over recent times I get the feeling that you may have seen a lot of WA already - so a trip to the Cape would make a pleasant change. Hope to be up there (
Cape Melville) in Sept next year as
well.
Mate, for me one visit to the
Kimberley just isn't enough and I'll be happy to retrace my steps the sooner the better I reckon. So I wouldn't write that one off either.
Kind regards
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