This time Ilse came along to stand next to me at the Fish filleting table so she could keep an eye on me and make sure I didn't tell any passers-by that they were my fish.
By the time the fish were cleaned we gave away some of the fillets it was time for a quick lunch and then off to Murchison River Gorge. We also took an elderly lady from the caravan park with us as she was on her own travelling in her motor home for 10 month every year - at the proud age of 80!
Murchison River Gorge is about 30km from Kalbarri, 25 of which on a dirt road with the typical fine red dust which is slowly starting to spread throughout the car.
The first spot was a lookout with spectacular views over the Murchison river down below - see photo 1. Another 1.5km we found a feature called "Nature's Window" where a rock formation provides a window with a great view of the river below - see photo 2.
We walked about 2 km but were short on water to do the 8km loop walk which would have been very nice. Although today was only 23 DegC it was very dry and once out of the wind rather warm. 1.5lt of water between the 4 of us was definitely not enough for this walk. There were sign all over the place warning of dehydration - I assume this is a common problem out here with so many visitors and many of them ill-prepared.
Another 12km on a dirty track and we arrived at the "Z-Bend" (photo), well almost, we had to walk a bit over one km to get there and back but the views were well worth the effort.
On our way back we stopped on the side of the road to check out these peculiar trees with white things hanging on the them. Some storage looking seed-pod which starts life white and ends up black once opened. We haven't worked out what they are but they look very pretty
Back on the bitumen we were flagged down by the side of the road where a young couple, which we met earlier, had broken down with their car. We gave the young lady a lift back into town where she had phone reception so she could call the RAC (WA version of RACV/NRMA) and get a tow truck organised. From my limited understanding of cars I gather that the corrugations on dirt tracks have caused some damage to the suspension in the car (a Saab) and now the wheel was rubbing on the chassis.
Back in Kalbarri we immediately started the caravan pickup process and then cooked our dinner. Last night' fish tasted great and Ilse like the Mulloway but I really prefer the Bream, a very nice tasting fish.
At 7pm ALexander and I went back to the jetty to see if we could match Ilse's fishing success but to no avail. Word of our success must have gotten around as tonight the jetty was full of fisherman. There were only two fish of size caught not the jetty for the whole night, but unfortunately not by us. We went home empty handed commenting that it's time for us to move on.
Tomorrow we'll travel to Hamlin Pool Telegraph station (south of Denham) and we may be out of phone range until we get to Denham on Monday.
If you want to see where we are look at this link to our live travel progress (updated every 10 minutes)
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