We couldn't decide if we should go to Karijini or not. Just a couple of weeks ago a man died trying to rescue his 7 year old son who fell down a cliff on one of the easier walks. However we kept meeting people who told us that it was worth the trip. Since it is such a long way from anything we thought that we should make the effort to check it out for ourselves. Which meant back tracking 200km nearly into Port Hedland and then driving another 230km to get there! It is so hot now in the Pilbara, coolest temps about 36 most days so camping in a national park was always going to be hard work. We found a good spot and set up with the McCloskey family next door. It was lunchtime at this stage and so hot that we had to find somewhere to go for a swim. We decided to walk to Fortescue Falls as it seemed like the easiest walk for a swim. The McCloskeys have a 4 and a 5 year old so they needed to stick to easier walks too. Luckily it was only about 15 minutes down some extremely steep rocky steps to get to the swimming hole.
Not only did we have searing heat to contend with but the flies were unbearable. This was Jack's solution thanks to my mum.
Another 300 metres on was Fern Pool which was also really lovely for swimming.
After cooling down we went back to our campsite and waited for the sun to go down and the flies to go away. By about 10pm it was cool and by about 3am we were looking for blankets!
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