Last visit Anthony and I did a number of the walks, my favourite being Cathedral Gorge, so this was a definite return visit today. There are several small walks and some larger ones and then some others that take hours and hours and hours, even overnight.
We started with the Domes Walk which is a nice easy 400m walk in along side and around the bungles and back to the car park, it does also then separate off to the Cathedral Gorge walk so we started there and then headed into Cathedral Gorge.
It is such a hot day, the sun is nasty today and everyone is feeling it - the walk doesn't provide a lot of shade and even though it isn't a hard or a long walk we all had a tough time but it was definitely worth the visit. Dad was in awe of how amazing the Bungles are - how can you not be, they are just so unique and such an amazing thing to be created from flood waters, yep flood waters, not even the ocean, just time and floods - incredible.
We left Cathedral Gorge and Alexis insisted on walking which was good because I really didn't have the strength to carry her but it made for a slow return back to the car park and by the time we were 60m off I was considering hiring a helicopter to get me back to the car! HAHA. We decided then and there that we wouldn't do anymore of the walks, it allowed us to see the pure beauty of the area and of the bungles and saw what we wanted to see, so we went back to camp.
When we arrived back at camp Mum had made lunch for everyone, and it was very welcome! Not long later dark clouds and wind rolled in and we wondered briefly if we would be greeted by rain.. It made for a lovely afternoon, everything nice and cool so we all went for an afternoon sleep, except for Anthony who decided he would head off on another on of the walks at the other end of the park - Homestead Valley Walk which is approx 2 hours.
He arrived back mid afternoon and said that he enjoyed it and it was a nice walk but doesn't have the same effect as walking through the bungles.
We all sat down and had a very real conversation of whether we continue on the dirt and take the Tanami Road home as planned or head backwards slightly and take bitumen home via Katherine, Mum and Dad are still having some issues on sections of the roads even after the new tyres and struts so this is the last chance we have to make a decision. Mum is over it which is to be expected but Dad wants to keep on as we had planned and put the new parts to use and finish the trip as we had organised so we will stay on the same itinerary as planned and tomorrow will head off to Wolfe Creek via Tanami.
The next few days are the biggest of the whole trip, long days, big kms, rough roads and not much time to stop and rest but we have all done exceptionally well and had fun too so we will keep on going.
Tonight we were grateful for dad's portable shower and hot water system, it allowed us all to have a wonderful shower and freshen up after a hot day before continuing on deeper into the middle of nowhere :)
Bungles
Cathedral Gorge
Bungles
View on the Homestead Valley Walk
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