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Stirling Range National Park

Found a cracking camp right on the edge of the Stirling Range National Park...
spacious.. picnic table ( about time... so regret being bolshy about camp table with hire company 🤣🤣) helpful staff, gas refill, superb camp kitchen, hot shower, wildlife, amazing sunsets and a fabulous pool!!!! Its a good mix of a bush camp and a camping park.. I feel like in in Australia not Bridlngton... although the mozzies in Brid might be less vicious...
Sunset...
We were up at the crack of sparrows.... up on Bluff Knoll carpark at 5.45 am... still no sign of wildlife... but the day was promising to be another 33 plus so an early start was the only way to beat the heat.   Some people were already up on the top for the sunrise.. which if i'm honest was quite underwhelming... but really thats relative given we were stood almost at the highest point in WA ... I'm not going to complain. 
Sunrise...
Dr Fred set off ...after his morning cuppa...
this was not a walk for me for various reasons so I had another scan across the horizon - stunning- but still fairly quiet and I went back to bed for an hour.   The car park got busy..mainly young people dressed fairly inappropiatley... says me still in my nightie 🤣🤣🤣.

I got dressed and went and sat on the lookout did some sketching, reading... looking for echidnas.. and right on time.. just as I thought time for tea... Dr Fred reappeared looking very hot and sweaty.. but feeling amost good...excluding knees... and ankle...
Bluff knoll
The hike was worth the effort though - the views from the top were amazing..he was the only person up there and the rock was better than he expected..... as always these photos are on the camera and require other techology to make way onto the blog...We are expecting to be back in civilisation tomorrow..I'll find better internet and I intend to post extensive rock pictures and far reaching views..
Our camp view...
We were back in camp for 11.00 and spent the rest of the day at the camp chilling, listening to tunes, stalking the monitor lizards and swimming the pool- practically like normal holiday people.... 
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  1. Caroline Mackay13 March 2023 at 23:29

    Ha! Sounds fab!! 🙂 xx

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