Funny how life works.....

Natural Bridge

We are at Kalbarri. It's a very beautiful spot where the Murchison River meets the Indian Ocean. There have been quite a few ship wrecks along this part of the coast due to the wild ocean, strong winds and unforgiving rocks and cliffs that make up the coast.We had a great day exploring the coast and its natural attractions yesterday.

Red Bluff

Mushroom Rock

Then today we went exploring the inland gorges of Kalbarri National Park. The terrain was  rugged , wild and windy in its beauty. We took the kids on a 8 km  loop walk across the cliff tops then down into the sandy creek bed then back up to the cliffs where we began. It was quite hard going especially for Harry's little legs but they all did really well and it's amazing what a packet of loo\llies can do in terms of encouragement. The kids were getting a snake lolly for each km mark they got to after the 4km mark. The walk was very pretty, the wild flowers are well and truly out.It was also quite an interesting walk as the terrain changed quite a lot as we progressed.

We were quite tired after the walk, so Harry and Emma didn't want to get out of the car at the next lookout Z Bend, Maddy and I went and had a look it was also very picturesque.

We finished off the day having a lovely meal at the pub with a family we have "met" here. The little girl actually goes to Harry's kinda in Inverloch but her Mum and I had only ever  said hi in passing .Harry spotted them in the playground on the first day we arrived running over to the van and telling me, "Mummy, Evie from kinda is here"! So I went over and said hi, and we got chatting, they are a really nice family and the kids are having a great time hanging out together too.

 So it's taken being over the other side of the country in Kalbarri to have a proper chat and to get to know this local family- at least we will be able to catch up with them when we get home, unlike the other great people we are meeting who are mostly from other states....funny how life works!