Friday 18th May 2018
After another quiet night in the National Park we went for a bike ride to Clifftop Lookout. A peaceful ride along the red rock gravel path. We then headed on our way to Karratha and decided on the scenic route via Roebourne-Wittenoom Rd even though it added about an hour to our trip. It was a worthwhile extension as the views were very beautiful. Chocolate brown rocky hills soared above the yellowy-green spinifex plains.
Once at Karratha we decided to go for a drive to Dampier which is a nearby port town and home of Red Dog, then we went to investigate the ancient Aboriginal rock engravings on the Burrup Peninsula at Murujuga National Park and the picturesque beach at Hearson’s Cove which was unfortunately a little windy.
Then we had a bit of housekeeping (Shopping and washing) to do.
We head off on our way to Broome tomorrow which is 835km away. We will probably not make it there for a couple of days, we will just see how we go.
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- Pretty ride from Miliyanha Camp..
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- ..Clifftop Lookout.
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- It was a red gravel/dusty ride and I learnt first hand what it meant when people said “Eat my dust” as I was riding behind David.
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- Beautiful view in Millstream National Park
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- Clifftop Lookout
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- Pyramid Hill on the Roebourne-Wittenoom Road.
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- Red Dog
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- Murujuga National Park..
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- ..a site with over 10,000 Aboriginal paintings in the rubble.
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- We spent about an hour lokking for the Aboriginal paintings..
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- they were everywhere..
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- ..the more you looked..
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- ..the more you found..
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- ..They were big and small, and there were many to be found.
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- Hearsons Cove, Dampier
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- Today’s travel from Miliyanha Campground to Karratha – 251km
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- We are where the blue dot is. Still a long way to go