26ExmouthPan07.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon. (panorama)
DSC_0093.JPG=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A. - after saying how dry the region is, we received a light shower.
DSC_0099.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon.
DSC_0062.JPG=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A.
DSC_0125.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - massive boulders in Shothole Canyon.
25NingalooPan01.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Exmouth Town Beach. (panorama)
DSC_0082.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Exmouth Marina/Harbour
DSC_0091.JPG=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A. - up close, this is typical of the very sparse spinifex ground cover.
DSC_0071.JPG=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A.
DSC_0141.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon. Our poor, almost new scooter took a bit of a beating.
DSC_0001.JPG=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A. - our overnight stop about halfway between Karratha and Exmouth.
DSC_0062b.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - through the Cape Range national park, the Shothole Canyon road was a difficult scooter ride. Wisely, Joy said "I'll see the pictures".
26ExmouthPan04.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - the Shothole Canyon road. (panorama)
26ExmouthPan09.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon. (panorama)
DSC_0074.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - the Shothole Canyon road.
DSC_0084.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon. The road is mostly beside the creek at the bottom of the gorge, but sometimes it is in the actual creekbed.
26ExmouthPan08.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon.  (panorama)
26Exmouth5.jpg=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - At the North West Cape, near the Vlaming lighthouse is a WWII radar warning system tower, and the sandbagged bunker beside it.
DSC_0087.JPG=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A. - a remote mine site.
26ExmouthPan12.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon. (panorama)
25NingalooPan05.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Exmouth Marina/Harbour. (panorama)
DSC_0080a.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - a special message for Joy at the Exmouth Marina/Harbour boat ramp.
26Exmouth.jpg=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Western Corellas at the Cape Holiday Park.
26ExmouthPan16.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon. (panorama)
DSC_0086.JPG=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A. - one of many remote mine site through the region.
26Exmouth3.jpg=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Wildflowers at the North West Cape.
DSC_0006.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - At the North West Cape, near the Vlaming lighthouse is a WWII radar warning system tower, and the sandbagged bunker beside it. The sandbags are still reasonably intact despite being there since the 1940's.
DSC_0113.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon.
26ExmouthPan15.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon. (panorama)
25Ningaloo3.jpg=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A. - wildflowers.
DSC_0079.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Exmouth Marina/Harbour public boat ramp; excellent.
DSC_0017.JPG=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A.
DSC_0133.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon.
24DampierPan07.JPG=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A. (panorama)
25NingalooPan02.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Exmouth Marina/Harbour. (panorama)
DSC_0047.JPG=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A. - After leaving Dampier/Karratha, we have a 550km drive ahead of us to the Ningaloo/Cape Range NP area.
DSC_0109.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon.
26ExmouthPan13.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon. (panorama)
26Exmouth4.jpg=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Whales, well out from North West Cape.
25NingalooPan06.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Exmouth Marina/Harbour public boat ramp. (panorama)
25Ningaloo.jpg=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A. - wildflowers at the Barradale rest stop.
DSC_0043.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - out from North West Cape.
DSC_0139.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon.
DSC_0032a.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Oil platforms out from North West Cape.
DSC_0032.JPG=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A. - moving on from the Barradale rest stop.
26Exmouth2.jpg=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Wildflowers at the North West Cape.
25NingalooPan04.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - trawlers in Exmouth Marina/Harbour. (panorama)
DSC_0051.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A.
DSC_0100.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon.
DSC_0003.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - At the North West Cape is the VLF radio aerial conmprising 13 towers. They make up the Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt - the central mast is the 2nd highest structure in Australia at nearly 400 metres tall.
26ExmouthPan02.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - North West Cape and Ningaloo reef. (panorama)
26ExmouthPan05.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - the Shothole Canyon road. (panorama)
DSC_0085.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon.
DSC_0037.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Air force trainers (from RAAF Learmonth) are regular sightings over North West Cape.
DSC_0076.JPG=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A.
26ExmouthPan03.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - North West Cape and Ningaloo reef.
26ExmouthPan10.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon. (panorama)
25Ningaloo4.jpg=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Exmouth Marina/Harbour and the fishermen statues in front of the Game Fishing Club.
26Exmouth6.jpg=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Wildflowers at the North West Cape.
DSC_0059.JPG=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A.
24DampierPan03.JPG=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A. - Although the drive south follows reasonably close to the coast, it is still a very dry part of Western Australia. (panorama)
DSC_0080.JPG=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A. - abandoned wrecks occasionally
25Ningaloo2.jpg=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A. - wildflowers.
DSC_0045.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - North West Cape.
DSC_0089.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon.
DSC_0041.JPG=North-West Highway, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - on the Exmouth peninsula, mounds built by the spinifex termites.
DSC_0091a.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon.
25Ningaloo5.jpg=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Wildflowers growing in harsh conditions at Exmouth Marina/Harbour.
DSC_0066.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - the Shothole Canyon road.
DSC_0033.JPG=North-West Highway, W.A. - having just entered the Gascoyne region, passing by the side road into Giralia Bay holiday park.
DSC_0090.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon.
DSC_0047a.JPG=North-West Highway, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Incredibly dry landscape on the Exmouth Peninsula. so close to the coast. We had been told that "the only rain they get here is from the cyclones".
DSC_0064crop.jpg=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A.
26ExmouthPan11.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon. (panorama)
26Exmouth1.jpg=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - At the North West Cape, the central mast (called Tower Zero in the comparison diagram) has also taken over as the "lighthouse".
DSC_0140.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon.
26ExmouthPan06.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon. (panorama)
DSC_0081.JPG=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A.
DSC_0004.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Cape Range national park and the (decommissioned) Vlaming Head lighthouse.
DSC_0073.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon.
24DampierPan04.JPG=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A. - from a distance, the lanscape and hills look quite green, but it is almost entirely spinifex. (panorama)
26ExmouthPan01.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - At the North West Cape. (panorama)
DSC_0088.JPG=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A. - a remote mine site road construction.
26ExmouthPan14.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon. (panorama)
24DampierPan05.JPG=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A. (panorama)
25Ningaloo1.jpg=North-West Highway, Pilbara, W.A. - our overnight campground was previously the site of the Barradale Roadhouse.
DSC_0116.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon.
DSC_0137.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon.
DSC_0083.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Shothole Canyon.
DSC_0062a.JPG=Exmouth, Gascoyne Region, W.A. - Exmouth Marina/Harbour.
