…….images from Broome
Cable Beach selfie
Harbour forshore Broome
Broome harbour colours
Cable Beach ........Golden hour sunset over the Indian Ocean
Cable beach.....Camel sunset safari
Going, going..............
The amazing rocks of Barnhill Station beach........
Barnhill Station ................. Beach sunrise
.................. Rock colour and form
...................... light and shadows of sunrise
.............. calm morning, clean waves
............. early birds
............ morning spray
............. geometric form
............ Sphinx rock
............ sunset colours
Eighty Mile Beach
Sundowners - 80 mile beach
A beautiful Rainbow Bee Eater poses for the camera.....
Sundown - 80 mile beach
........a tour through the Dampier Region
Roebourne - The old Gaol complex
View from Reader Head lookout towards Point Samson - ships waiting offshore for Port Hedland Harbour
Cossack - historic stone buildings
Cossack - The old stone Courthouse building
Burrup Peninsular - Deep Gorge, granite boulders and Currajong trees - petroglyphs etched into the rocks by the Aborigilal Tribes of the area are centuries old
Petroglyphs created by the Yaburrara (Northern Ngarluma) people
Dampier - Red Dog
From Karratha we travelled inland along the Rio Tinto rail access roads (permit required) into the Pilbra Region. The road is sealed most of way to the Chichester - Millstream National Park and from here to Karajini is unsealed and can be rough at various times, however the scenery along the way was well worth the effort.
Retired ...... abandoned plant on the roadside - Mingullatharndo near Roebourne
Chichester National Park - Spectacular landscape through the Chichester Ranges heading to Pythons Pool
Stuart's Desert Pea flowering prolifically by the roadside
Walking trails of the Chichester Ranges
Chichester National Park - a panorama of Python's Pool
Pythoon Pool - mirror reflection
Millstream Homestead visitor centre - Pastoralists occupied the area from 1865 until 1967 when it became a national park to protect the Millstream aquifer within the Fortescue River catchment.
Milstream Homestead - the detached kitchen out-houses
Millstream Homestead - an abandoned drilling rig succumbs to the ravages of time in this harsh environment.
Massive tea trees reflected in the still waters of the pond
Millsteram Creek riparian vegetation, a veritable oasis.
Spring fed crystal clear water flow over moss covered rocks in this narrow section of creek
Hammersley Gorge situated on the North-Western edge of Karajini National Park signals our arrival and the start of our exploration of this fascinating part of the Pilbra region...….
Looking into Hamersley Gorge - far below swimmers swimmers sunning themselves on the rock ledge are mere specks.....
A panorama looking down the gorge
A vertical fault line seperating the rock stata planes....
Dramatic texture, colours and shapes of the exposed rock strata are a spectacular sight
A close-up of the undulating rock strata layers....
Shadows and colours of the surrounding ranges is conatantly changing as the afternoon sun sinks....
Afternoon sun on the escarpment behind our campsite.....
Last rays of the day highlight the hills......
A full moon rising above the ranges of Hamersley Gorge
Compfire serenity under a full moon......
Later that night we were in a prime location to view the total eclipse of the moon followed by the emergence of a "blood moon" - below is a brief clip of the sequence taken over several hours and shows the earths shadow as it passes over the moon followed by the emergence of the blood moon which then fades towards total darkness...….
