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Just finished spending 4 fantastic days at Kalbarri
Left at 4am on Monday morning from Rockingham, and arrived at 1pm, Does not normally take this long to get there, but had parents driving a Delicia which is somewhat in need of fixing, so speed up was about 90k/h at best.
That being said, due to the slower speed, did get a chance to see a lot of the native flowers and plant life now out in full bloom......once the sun came up that is.
Prado averaged about 17ltr/100klm towing rough weight of 700kg camper trailer.
We stayed at Tudar caravan park, tried to get murchison but was booked out. Note for those planning on going up, rang murchison about 3 weeks prior and was told that we did not have to book, rang back 3 days before leaving only to find it booked solid, so would recommend you book in about 2 weeks prior to leaving other wise you will not get a spot, and that goes for all three parks. murchison and achorage are across the road from the river, tudar is set further back, but still walking distance.
NOTE*********Red Bluff Caravan Park is no longer operational********
OK, what to see and do.
There is the Seahorse Sancutary - They bred seahorses for pet shops around Australia, is run privately and has a good tour of the seahorse life cycle.
Rainbow Jungle - Parrot Breeding Centre
Great place to go, They breed parrots of all types from any where in the world, but mainly centred on endangered species from Australia. Have an out door parrot show (which we missed) and a whale watching tower. The highlight for myself and Kim was the fact they also have two breeding sets of McCraws and if you would like one they start at $6500 aus, they breeding pairs are $30000.
One of the other things we did whilst we where there was the Kalbarri Safari Tours, they take you out on quad bikes up the fire trails, we did the 1 hour tour, but decided that the 2 or 3 hour tour would have been better, and for those planing on doing the River Road, the quad do a far bit of the track. Would be recommended to do the quads first and get a feel for the tracks and then take the Prado for a spin.
We started to do the track on day two, but decided it would be better if we knew a bit more about the lay of the land, took untill Thursday after the quads before we tried again, and had a ball of a time.
Will post pics and comments soon, still waiting on parents to return with other camera, and sort out my pics.
Just finished spending 4 fantastic days at Kalbarri
Left at 4am on Monday morning from Rockingham, and arrived at 1pm, Does not normally take this long to get there, but had parents driving a Delicia which is somewhat in need of fixing, so speed up was about 90k/h at best.
That being said, due to the slower speed, did get a chance to see a lot of the native flowers and plant life now out in full bloom......once the sun came up that is.
Prado averaged about 17ltr/100klm towing rough weight of 700kg camper trailer.
We stayed at Tudar caravan park, tried to get murchison but was booked out. Note for those planning on going up, rang murchison about 3 weeks prior and was told that we did not have to book, rang back 3 days before leaving only to find it booked solid, so would recommend you book in about 2 weeks prior to leaving other wise you will not get a spot, and that goes for all three parks. murchison and achorage are across the road from the river, tudar is set further back, but still walking distance.
NOTE*********Red Bluff Caravan Park is no longer operational********
OK, what to see and do.
There is the Seahorse Sancutary - They bred seahorses for pet shops around Australia, is run privately and has a good tour of the seahorse life cycle.
Rainbow Jungle - Parrot Breeding Centre
Great place to go, They breed parrots of all types from any where in the world, but mainly centred on endangered species from Australia. Have an out door parrot show (which we missed) and a whale watching tower. The highlight for myself and Kim was the fact they also have two breeding sets of McCraws and if you would like one they start at $6500 aus, they breeding pairs are $30000.
One of the other things we did whilst we where there was the Kalbarri Safari Tours, they take you out on quad bikes up the fire trails, we did the 1 hour tour, but decided that the 2 or 3 hour tour would have been better, and for those planing on doing the River Road, the quad do a far bit of the track. Would be recommended to do the quads first and get a feel for the tracks and then take the Prado for a spin.
We started to do the track on day two, but decided it would be better if we knew a bit more about the lay of the land, took untill Thursday after the quads before we tried again, and had a ball of a time.
Will post pics and comments soon, still waiting on parents to return with other camera, and sort out my pics.
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