Around Straya
Spine jarring, long but adventurous drive in to the Bungle Bungles! About 5 or 6 creek crossings of various levels, tight turns, very, very bumpy and then you get in to the National Park only to find that you have a further 30 minutes of that kind of road to get into either the North or South part of the Park.
We had planned to go and see the Bungle Bungles for one full day and left early in the morning from Halls Creek, however due to some issues for Gerson with his work we did not actually leave to Spring Creek until 1pm. That meant arriving in the Bungle Bungles at 2.30 where the ranger told us that we would only be able to see Cathedral Gorge and one other track.
We made it over and made the best of the time. And what a reward it was! Awesome, striped rocks in beautiful shapes! Lovely walk in! And when you got to the Cathedral part of it it was awe inspiring! The Australian shapes and colours never cease to inspire! Some wildflowers were out with red and yellow mixes of flowers. The sun began setting while we were there and that put a lovely splash of colour on our view.
We made the most of it because all the kids voted not to come back again the next day as they hated the drive in. So that was going to be our trip to the Bungle Bungles. We have slipped it away into our to do list for when everybody is older and we plan to actually camp in the Bungle Bungles national park. Not the place to bring a caravan, only a tent!
The casualty for our car making the trip was a leaking air conditioner pipe and one of the back lights falling off our car.
Since it was dark on the way back, however, we got to see lots of wildlife. Even got to see a dingo waltzing down the road, completely unperturbed by our presence.
