Road Trip : Karijini

Welcome to Karijini National Park : Full of sunshine, deep gorges, untreated water, dingos, and flies galore and absent of pretty much everything civilized/modern. Just the way we like it!

Day one hikes:

After this, my mates scarcely see me in sneakers again.
There is something gloriously freeing about hiking with bare feet.


Waterfall Love

Day Two Adventure:

Untreated water. How to make it safe: collect in the largest container you have and then realize that the container is now unusable since contaminated.
Use the propane grill you have brought ( luckily so since fire is prohibited in the dry desert for obvious fire safety) to boil water. Let water cool fully until pouring into empty bottles or hiking bladders to prevent melting plastic!
Time consuming? Very much so.
Total time spent after the first days hike? Around six hours thanks to Terry and Elizabeth!

Now here is a challenge: walking/swimming with slimy, sharp rocks ready to cut you with any step. Try to keep your bag dry!

Another gorgeous waterfall to take a dip in!

The babes drying off for the trek back to base camp.
Its times like this that Terry would realize maybe going camping for a week with four American girls isn't such a bad idea (smile).

Mallory and I decide to ignore the cautionary sign just to the right of me and hop around the bend. We tower a good eight stories above the water below as we rock climb in our bathers and bare feet. Sometimes stretching our arms way up high to pull our bodies onto the next platform.
Other times compacting our bodies, crawling yet another inch farther.
Do we live with regrets? Nah, best part of the day's hike.

Cheers, a bare footed gal (again)

P.s. Pictures thanks go to the Road Tripping Gang