The Twelve Day North West Adventure

copied from Terry's handout
note: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner provided, kilometers that we will travel

Sept. 26
Day one: Today we depart Perth at 0500 hrs. We need a good early start today as we travel north up the Inland Highway passing through the gold towns of Paynes Find, Cue, Mt. Magnet, and Meekathara, on route to our overnight campsite at three rivers. We set camp and settle in for a BBQ and beers. D, 1100

Day two: It's up early for breakfast, then break camp and head for Three Pools, 30 KM West North West of Newman. These pools are in the heart of the area where we will spend the next two days exploring. We will take in Kalgan pool, Eagle Falls (track conditions permitting) and Wanna Munna Initiation Gorge, where there is a huge gallery of aboriginal rock paintings) B,D 190

Day three: We have all day today to explore the area and swim and relax in these magic surroundings. Tonight round the camp fire, we can relive the last couple of days highlights over a cold beer or two.

Day four: Today we break camp and head off to the Karajini Gorge. We are camping tonight in our own special part of the Bee Gorge. We stay here for three nights, under the stars in the Great Aussie Swags. B,D,450

Day Five: The whole day is spend exploring Weno Gorge, Handcock Gorge and time permitting Joffery Falls. We return back to camp to camp in the late afternoon to get ready for dinner and a few drinks. B,L,D 100

Day Six: Again today we have a full day in the Gorges. We spend most of the day in Knox Gorge. This place is just fantastic and seeing is believing. We track the gorge right back to it's source, which is a spring rising from the desert floor. Time permitting, we will see the visitor centre to get a complete picture of this area. We return to camp for dinner and wine. B,L,D 100

Day Seven: We break camp this morning after an early breakfast and head west to Exmouth. The day is spend traveling through the outback, and arrival is timed for early evening. Our Dinner tonight will be at the "Rock Cod" fish shack. B,D 660

Day Eight: Today get ready for some fantastic snorkeling. We are going to Turquoise bay where we normally swim with Sharks, Rays, Turtles, Sea Snakes, hundreds of species of fish, and of course view the pristine coral. We return to Exmouth for dinner at the Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant. B,L,D, 70

Day nine: For those qualified, today is your chance to SCUBA the deep reefs. The diving here is great, so if you are thinking about this, don't miss out. Dinner tonight is Pool Side at the postshot inn. B,L,D, 50

Day ten: After breakfast, we leave Exmouth, and drive to Monkey Mia. This is where wild dolphin come in to greet the humans on a regular basis. On arrival, we will take the sunset dolphin cruise. This is a wonderful way to end the day. We camp in the campground at Monkey Mia and Dinner will be after the return from the Sunset Cruise, in the Monkey Mia campground. B,D, 700

Day Eleven: This morning, we do another wild life cruise and hope to see turtles, dugongs, tiger sharks, and of course dolphins. As soon as we dock we leave Monkey Mia en route for Northbrook Farm just north of Northampton. As this is our last night, we will have one of Regs' Famous Roasts and have a last camp fire for the trip. Of course a couple of drinks may also be had. B,D, 370.

7 October Day 12: This morning, we depart Northbrook farm, and begin our journey south to Perth. We will stop for breakfast at McDonalds in Gereldton and along the way for a lunch break. We should arrive in Perth around mid afternoon. We will get together in about two weeks time to have a photo night and look back on what will have been a great trip. B, 460