Odometer: 76,337
Had a good night’s sleep and were up early at 545 am with the sun. We got ourselves sorted and then Dad, Bill and I piled in to the Ranger and headed into the Bungle Bungles. Mum decided to stay in the camp as she had been to the Bungles before, and wasn’t at all keen on the rough drive into the park. The drive was quite good. I enjoyed the windy, undulating road. Few corrugations but nothing technical. It took about an hour 20 to get to the park office. From there we headed north and did a couple of short lookout walks, and then Echidna Chasm. It was spectacular. We wound along a dry creek through a narrowing gorge. The end of it was so narrow that I doubt sunlight ever gets right to the bottom. We then headed to the south of the park and walked the Domes and Cathedral Gorge walk. The scenery was just incredible. We had Cathedral Gorge all to ourselves and really took out time to appreciate the size and beauty of it. It would be extraordinary in the wet season. We headed out, had some lunch and then drove back to camp where Mum had the billy on for us before we even pulled up. It was a wonderful day, and a bucket list item ticked off for me.
We spent the evening playing triominos and being forced to listen to a man at the next camp over who had been everywhere, done everything and was telling everyone who would listen about what they ‘gotta’ do. It was equal parts bloody annoying and very amusing. I’ve never come across anyone quite like it. Thank goodness he didn’t stay up late!
Travelling the Big Island 