Kalbarri Day 6

Firstly some outdoor pictures of our house we stayed in... This morning we packed up some food and drove back out to Natures Window to tackle "The Loop"... It was a perfect day to do the 8km hike and off we went following the little white posts...After a few km's along the top of the gorges we had made our way down to the river and followed the path along the rivers edge...Enjoying the tranquility...Stopping for a yoga pose...The walk took us just over 2 1/2 hours and was very enjoyable (and tiring). Janelle's sore ankle did well over all the rocks.

After a well deserved icecream we had an afternoon rest. Then went for a drive to try out a few different fishing spots...

Not much success but the scenery was nice...We went out for dinner at the Black Rock Cafe. It was quite nice (and expensive) and by 8pm we were the only patrons in there so we felt a bit rushed so they could close up.

Kalbarri Day 5

Another early morning and we were picked up from our house by Col from Kalbarri Abseiling. He drove us out to the Z Bend. First we had to put on our harnesses and other gear in the carpark before we made the trek to the abseiling spot (once again amazed at where a tree can grow!)... I decided to start with a small 4m abseil to see what it was like, lucky I did as the harness really hurt my hips and we were able to adjust it before I tried the higher ones...Next we all moved to the 25m drop, it was quite a climb each time getting back up to the top to have another go. Someone always had to be at the bottom to be the anchor and brake if the abseiler got into trouble. Sarah went first... Janelle did really well conquering her fear of heights...It was fun pushing off from the rock face...Peter worked out that you can't push of with one leg...The 35m drop was different again as you have to guide yourself with ropes more as you are away from the rock...Sarah contemplating...It was great fun and Col was a fantastic guide and distractor (when we were going over the edge) and we all would love to have done more and higher! In summer they go swimming after abseiling but it was too cold for that but we still walked down and sat by the river...Then it was the long climb with weary legs back to the mini bus and back into town. We had our much needed afternoon rest before returning to Red Bluff for some more fishing. While they were catching fish I went for a wander over the rocks...
It was another beautiful evening for fishing and they caught enough to add to last nights catch for our tea tonight...Peter did manage to do a bit of fishing himself...And the sun sets on another glorious day in Kalbarri...

Kalbarri Day 4

We had to get up early and be down the boat hire place before 8am. Met Niko our tour guide who drove us out on a very rough track in his 4WD Safari bus to Gregory Rocks...

After unloading the canoes we hopped in and started paddling down the river to meet Niko for breakfast. Janelle and Sarah couldn't work out the steering and spent a lot of time going around in circles and giggling...After going for a few km's we made it to Nanny Goat Well (where we had afternoon tea the day before on the quad bikes). Niko had cooked us a hot breakfast and must have thought we would be huge eaters! We did our best to eat most of it...Back in the canoe for about 6 more km's, we hit a few sandbars and Janelle and Peter did the respective "towing"...

After a few hours of paddling and sore arms we made it to the end, packed up and hit the bumpy tracks back into Kalbarri. A good fun morning. After our afternoon siesta out on the decking in the sun we went to Red Bluff to test out the fishing. It was good to be able to drive right up to the spot and with a slight easterly blowing it was perfect conditions...

Janelle caught a nice Skippy and Sarah caught some nice Gardies (Peter spent most of his time helping the girls)... It was a beautiful evening and sunset...We tested out the local Pizza and Pasta takeaway for tea (wasn't the best) and finished off the evening with a game of scrabble, which Sarah won...