80 Mile Beach & Karajini NP WA

80 Mile Beach WA

Heading south from the Kimberly down towards the Pilbara there's not too many places to stop... except the little oasis caravan park half way along 80 mile beach between Broome and Port Headland. Well it wasn’t so little and it was jam packed but it was still awesome.

The fishing was apparently awesome so I gave it a dab. No luck on the first night and if it wasn’t for old mate neighbour I wouldn’t have caught a thing – local knowledge is the best bait!

The second days catch after driving along the beach was good, but when it came time to clean the fish – not so good. 2 of the 4 fish had parasitic worms in their flesh which made me a little queasy – no fish that night, I threw them all the bin. Apparently 50% of the fish had worms. Yuk. Hopefully old mate could see properly when he was cleaning his fish in the dark the night before!

Karajini WA

Now we had seen our fair share of gorges, waterfalls and rock formations in our travels so far so Karajini had a lot to live up to. And it did! Best National park in Australia and something were glad we’ve seen/done before we’re too old. Agility, strength, youth and some balls are what you need to get through the gorge trails in this place.. Oh and a G-string – you’ll see what I mean!

She was a dusty and rough ride in but we all made it in one piece. Might need a few cans of WD-40 to the get the old pushies going again though.

Joffa gorge was right near camp. We weren’t planning of heading there but it was well worth it. You almost needed abseiling gear to get there but a couple of stubbies was enough to get us by!

Waeno Gorge rock pools. Shoes off to get through here and its freezing.

Sections of gorge were almost impassable without some bravery and skill. One slip could end in tears, but it all adds to the excitement with these views at the end.

Note the essential-ness of the G-string! Spanish tourist decides to do the gorge walk which requires physical excretion and getting wet – whilst wearing denim jeans.... She takes her jeans off to pass through the water section and decided to wear a g-banger on the day of the hike – idiot. Now her fat ass is in everyone's photos! Amusing stuff.

Karijini is seriously awesome though and a must see for all!