Joffre Gorge
Mt. Bruce...the one that got away :(
Marrandoo mine
Day 86
We decide to climb the summit of Mt Bruce, the 2nd highest mt. In W.A. and leave early to get the best views. It is a 6 hour climb and we get 2/3 way up and the cliffs get a bit steep and the track is almost nonexistent. We reluctantly head back down and as neither of us like giving up but we just think it is not worth the risk. We do see some lovely views tho of the vast landscape and the huge working mine nearby. We decide to drive to the Visitor Centre at the eastern end of the park so we can get some info on the other gorge walks to be done. We are surprised to see a familiar car and van and realised it was a family John and Lucy and their kids Isobel and Will from Brizzie whom we first met and were camped beside at Coffin Bay in S.A. a couple of months ago and who are travelling around oz as well. We enjoyed catching up on where they had been and if we don’t see them again on the road hope to see them at home and compare around OZ stories. We drove back to our camp and decide to do a couple of gorge walks this afternoon and maybe go to the other campground tomorrow night. It is about a 50 km drive between the east and west of the camp on a dusty and corrugated road so much better to save a couple of rough drives. I have decided to swim at a rock pool in every gorge we go to...no matter how cold the water!! Alan thinks I am crazy but he does venture in to one with me. It is so hard to describe each gorge but they are incredibly all so different and only hope the many photos do them justice.
We decide to climb the summit of Mt Bruce, the 2nd highest mt. In W.A. and leave early to get the best views. It is a 6 hour climb and we get 2/3 way up and the cliffs get a bit steep and the track is almost nonexistent. We reluctantly head back down and as neither of us like giving up but we just think it is not worth the risk. We do see some lovely views tho of the vast landscape and the huge working mine nearby. We decide to drive to the Visitor Centre at the eastern end of the park so we can get some info on the other gorge walks to be done. We are surprised to see a familiar car and van and realised it was a family John and Lucy and their kids Isobel and Will from Brizzie whom we first met and were camped beside at Coffin Bay in S.A. a couple of months ago and who are travelling around oz as well. We enjoyed catching up on where they had been and if we don’t see them again on the road hope to see them at home and compare around OZ stories. We drove back to our camp and decide to do a couple of gorge walks this afternoon and maybe go to the other campground tomorrow night. It is about a 50 km drive between the east and west of the camp on a dusty and corrugated road so much better to save a couple of rough drives. I have decided to swim at a rock pool in every gorge we go to...no matter how cold the water!! Alan thinks I am crazy but he does venture in to one with me. It is so hard to describe each gorge but they are incredibly all so different and only hope the many photos do them justice.
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