On my way home from WA.
On my way home from Karijini I made a few stops along the way and randomly stopping on the side of the road as I did in this shot because the sun was popping in and out of the clouds behind me, so I stopped at this lonely tree and just waited for the sun to come out. Lucky enough I didnt have to wait long either. We had this sort of cloud cover all the way from Karijini to Halls Creek. Flemming I know will love this sort of shot.
This next shot was taken in the ampethertre of the Bungle Bungles which is about 110kms from Halls Creek and the once you get off the highway and into the private property you hit a road that is just not good for cars at all. Its as rough as they come. The drive in which is never upgraded by the owners is just over 50kms to the visitors center. This drive took me the better part of 2 hours. Its is a nice place to visit and I am sure I will go back at some stage, but not in a hurry, just way too rough. I exposed for the left hand side and the sand was 6 stops brighter and the slide could not handle it, but I do like the softness of the left hand side of the shot. One thing that did stand out was you could hear every voice, every rock crunch as you walked around this massive hole in the formations.
Flemming said to me that when I arrive at the Bungles I would not see any clouds, well I got there and I think I was there 2 hours and yes it was all gone, but I still managed to get a photo that did not have total blue skies in it.
This last shot I took in Kununurra and it was there that I stayed with friends and where the all the traveling had hit as I slept for 9 hours solid and left early the next morning to find myself tired within the first hour of driving home. And by the time I was an hour from home I had to stop for a nanna nap. But it was one of the best trips I have done and would do it all again no problems at all.
Fantastic to read and see a touch of your experiences from your trip Casey. I like the first image the best. The Bungles domes one is a stunner as well and really shows the stark dryness of the area for most of the year. There is a visitor centre at Purnulu now ? geeze….things change ! When I was there all those moons ago we didn’t see anyone else in there for the 3 days and there were some crummy isolated storms about one night. Also the park was ‘on fire’ up near the ‘Mini Palms section’… ahhh the memories..
Tony thank you for liking what I wrote, the Bungles were very dry I only crossed 3 running creek beds, and only one was decent. There is a visitors center now, they take camping and park fees from you. When I went to the parking area on the first day it was full with 4wd’s and tour bus’s, so things have changed since you went.
Heh, You know me well Casey, that first shot is very nice indeed! Great solitary tree against a beautiful sky. Where is this, going into Purnululu? Must have been after Broome. Beautiful and perfect for a 617 composition.
The Bungles dome shot is also good, still a bit of those nice clouds left!
Thanks Flemming, I was pretty confident that you would like it, I also like the small tree beside the full one. And I asked about the cloud cover at the visitors center and she told me it was the first day in a long time they had any.