Karijini National Park

We started the day off with a hike to Fortescue Falls and carried onto Fern Pool which is a beautiful place for a refreshing dip in crystal clear fresh water! All of the hikes in this area are worth doing, treating you to an immersive experience in nature with surrounding gorges and natural formations.

After this, we headed back to camp and cooked dinner out of the MRT Canopy using the pantry setup we had inside.

That morning we headed back to Fern Pool for a swim before completing the Gorge Rim Trail. After this, we packed the car back up and pointed it in the direction of Mount Meharry – WA’s highest mountain.

We had seen someone at the base with a VW Amarok with no low-range transfer case putting his tyres back up who, reportedly, had not been able to make it to the top. So we dropped our tyre pressures to around 25 psi and headed towards the summit.

The track up contains loose shaley rocks, some rock step-ups, sharp rocks to the sides of the tracks, and some steep climbs. We made it to the summit without too much issue and some careful wheel placement – so you shouldn’t have much of an issue with a stock 4WD with low range and maybe a little extra clearance would be nice, but not essential.

Here we enjoyed a magnificent sunset with 360 degrees of unobstructed view.
As it was late when we got up to the top, it was even later heading back down – so a very careful descent was required heading back down to camp at night!

This day was dedicated to visiting a heap of different gorges around the area – so a big driving day, covering many kilometres. If you begin to run low on fuel or supplies, the town of Tom Price will be your closest stop to top them up.

First up was Hancock Gorge and Kermits Pool. The drive in is nice and corrugated so drive to conditions!

The hike includes wading through water and scaling a wall, as well as a steep descent and incline – so not the easiest walk but a truly immersive one and well worth doing. At the end you can swim in Kermits Pool – it’s fresh and cold but a nice way to refresh yourself before the hike out!

Next up was Weano Gorge which leads to Handrail Pool, which again is very cold as no sun ever protrudes through the gorge to warm it up!

Next was a quick stop at Joffre Gorge – which is a viewing platform to see the gorge from above, before continuing to Knox Gorge which was one of our favourites. It’s quite the trek in with some steep ascents and declines on loose rock, with a bit of scrambling in sections – but the view at the end, as well as the journey to get there, is absolutely worth it!

On our final day in the Karijini National Park, we headed towards the ever Insta famous – Hamersley Gorge, which isn’t as much of a hike in as the others but still worthy of checking out if you are heading that way (it is 90 minutes away from the campsites in Karijini so factor that into your journey).

This marked the end of our Karijini Road trip; however, we were off to Coral Bay next so we still had plenty to look forward to!