In July, Judy and I had a wonderful holiday in the Hamersley Rangers in the Pilbara which is in the north of WA.  It took us a couple of days to travel the 1400 kilometres to get to Karijini on the inland route.  We then had 3 nights in the Dales Gorge camp, doing 2 walks a day and then one night in the Savannah camp.  The camps provided barbie facilities and long drops.  Savannah had bush showers which were canvas buckets with a rose which you could raise on a rope.  Drinking water was available at specific points.  It took us a little longer coming back the coastal route but the last night with the sun setting over the sea made it worth while.

This is a sample of one of the amazing rock structures.  This one is from Hancock's Gorge and each gorge was different in colour, strata and rock structure.

The photos below were taken on the trip up

Our first stop where Judy bought some tiny mandarins. Photo taken for the country side	A shed near New Norcia that I have often admired	Looking back from taking the shed photo. Note how lightly laden (and clean) it is.	Lunch spot on the Fitzroy River	Sun was about to start setting and we had turned off the main road with 100 kms to the park

These photos were taken on the first day.  Got a bit carried away with the Snappy Gums which were fascinating with their contrasting colours and texture.  We walked the gorge from Fern Pool to Circular Pool and back on the west side going there and the east coming back adding to the interest.

Snappy gums at Dale Gorge	A Snappy Gum at Dale Gorge	Dale Gorge	Dale Gorge the other way
Spot the monkey	Relaxed	On the way to Circular Pool	Again

This montage covers the second day which started with an easy early morning walk from our camp to the top of Circular Pool, included a refreshing dip at the end of Knox Gorge and some of the photos give an idea of the difficulties faced when clambering along the walls of the gorge.