Murchison Roadhouse to Kalbarri Nationalpark

The next section from our trip led us from the Murchison Roadhouse to the Kalbarri Nationalpark. The Murchison Shire is the only australian shire not based in a township. The shire office is located next to the Murchison Roadhouse. Adjacent to them is as well a museum detailing the history of the shire. We as well visited Errabiddy Bluff, a mountain range some 10 km away. Along our little excursion to the bluff we saw a number of kanguruhs and emus.

Along some more gravelroads we were then driving towards Mullewa and later on through some smaller gravelroads mainly passing station property on towards Kalbarri. On the way we stopped at E.T.Hooleys Stockroute Well number 9. An authentic well used to supply the passing cattle herds with water on their way up north and to the east coast.

Travelling through Coolcalaya station we noticed a snake just intending to pass the road. We drove slowly up to her and made some pictures of her out of the car window. Getting to near to a mulga snake could prove to be fatal.

We wanted to visit the Kalbarri Nationalpark which is very well known for its diverse Wildflowers. The park boasts over 1'000 different species of wildflowers. Due to very little rainfall in the year 2000 in some parts of West Australia, we found only a limited display of Wildflowers. Usually from July through to October, one can find fields on end boasting the most stunning displays of different flowers. Never the less we still found a lot of different flowers and during a guided wildflower walk learnt a lot of amazing things about the local plant- and wildlife. Besides the wildflowers, we took the time to explore the Murchison River gorges within the Kalbarri Nationalpark as well as the picturesque coastline around Kalbarri.