Murph and Crowey: Purnululu National Park - The Bungle Bungle

The next adventure for us was a visit to the Bungle Bungle. A long awaited thing to do on my bucket list. The road into Purnululu (say that 3 times after a couple of drinks) Park is 4WD only so we decided to get the tent from out the back of the car and camp (yes I said camp) for 2 nights. Though I am not a fan of camping I guess when you need to put yourself out of your comfort zone to see a spectacular sight like the bungle bungle then you just do have to do it don't you?

So off we went to see the bungle bungles on a road that is only 56km long but takes about 1 1/2 hours due to the ruggedness of the road and creek bed upon creek bed to cross. The Prado handled it well though and soon we were setting up camp, even though it took Crowey a moment to remember how to set the tent up.

Purnululu National Park consists of different walks including Echidna Chasm and Mini Palms, Cathedral Gorge, Picaninny Gorge and Domes walk Trail.

The first walk we did was Mini Palms which is a 3km return walk over sand, large rocks and a few climbs but at the end is a scenic amphitheatre. Crowey wished he bought his ukulele as the sound would have been amazing.

Next we tackled Echidna Chasm which is a 2km return walk through a narrow gorge that seems to reveal yet another section each time you think you have found its end. Absolutely stunning, with the sun slowly peeking its way through the narrow gorge.

By the time we had finished this walk it was lunch time and we also had to relocate our tent to another site closer to the other gorges. By the time we did this we decided to attempt them the next day.

Our first walk for the next day was the Domes walk trail, only a 1km walk amongst the domes, which I guess we would associate as the actual bungle bungle. Wow what a magnificient experience walking amongst these majestic domes. The distinctive beehive shaped towers are made up of sandstones (rocks formed by the consolidation of sand grains) and conglomerates (rocks composed mainly of pebbles and boulders and cemented together by finer material). The walk was an absolute treat. After completion of this walk we headed for Cathedral Gorge where at the end was a magnificient natural red rock amphitheatre. Spectacular. We thoroughly enjoyed The Bungle Bungle experience and would highly recommend it to anyone.