Karijini NP

Karijini NP is in the Pilbra not far from Tom Price. It is beautiful. We went on many walks to beautiful gorges with very cold swimming pools. The one below is Circular Pool in Dales Gorge.

Fern Pool at the other end of Dales Gorge

Fortesque Falls in the middle of Dales Gorge - a favourite - had a few swims here with doubled as a bath for some!!!! The water is freezing but once you are in for a minute you are totally numb and it is quite comfortable.

 Fortesque falls - the water is warmer under the falls

 Handrail Pool in Weana Gorge Karijini NP
A bit of an adventerous walk this one. A class 5 walk with rain the previous day, made things a bit slippery. We had to wade through water up to our chests- so basically a swim -very cold and then hopping about on slippery rocks and you come to a narrowing in the gorge (see below) which drops off into handrail pool - see the handrail bolted to the side of the rock. We used this handrail to climb down into the pool. Tony went first and his feet slipped out from underneath him - bit of a scary moment!
It is very dramatic looking up out of this gorge. To continue on you must have abseiling equipment etc.

 Walking down into the gorge