{"id":341,"date":"2018-10-12T11:47:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T10:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/?p=341"},"modified":"2019-04-27T14:28:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-27T13:28:05","slug":"kilbarri-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/2018\/10\/12\/kilbarri-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilbarri National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a short drive through Kalbarri park at 7:00am (we get up early here) we made it to Nature\u2019s Window before any crowds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"10\/11\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BIRU-WP-20181011T075617GMT0800-1-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"10\/11\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large alignright\" title=\"10\/11\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BIRU-WP-20181011T111953GMT0800-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"10\/11\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"10\/11\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BIRU-WP-20181011T081339GMT0800-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"10\/11\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The rocks are spectacular with very defined layers and deep reds and striations of pinks and whites.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"10\/11\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BIRU-WP-20181011T080012GMT0800-4-1536x1536.jpg\" alt=\"10\/11\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1536\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"10\/11\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BIRU-WP-20181011T092359GMT0800-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"10\/11\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are also fossils of ancient sea ripples, worm casts and the tracks of giant scorpions- some of the first animals to colonise the land 400 million years ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"10\/11\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BIRU-WP-20181011T080111GMT0800-1536x1151.jpg\" alt=\"10\/11\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1151\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"10\/11\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BIRU-WP-20181011T081955GMT0800-1383x1536.jpg\" alt=\"10\/11\/18\" width=\"1383\" height=\"1536\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"10\/11\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BIRU-WP-20181011T080052GMT0800-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"10\/11\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite dire warnings and signs suggesting we turn back, we enjoyed the Loop walk (9 km) around the meandering river. There was only one tricky bit:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"10\/11\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BIRU-WP-20181011T091521GMT0800-1152x1536.jpg\" alt=\"10\/11\/18\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1536\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" title=\"10\/11\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BIRU-WP-20181011T190734GMT0800.jpg\" alt=\"10\/11\/18\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We took lots of water &amp; only needed half of it but we were lucky as it wasn\u2019t too hot and there was friendly cloud cover. There were black swans and coots on the river<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"10\/11\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BIRU-WP-20181011T100422GMT0800-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"10\/11\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"10\/11\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BIRU-WP-20181011T104020GMT0800-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"10\/11\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and I spotted a pretty red headed robin and an Australian Ringneck parrot &#8211; very smart black green and yellow. And more lovely flowers<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"10\/11\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BIRU-WP-20181011T110346GMT0800-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"10\/11\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" title=\"10\/11\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BIRU-WP-20181011T102058GMT0800.jpg\" alt=\"10\/11\/18\" width=\"1433\" height=\"1912\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After that we drove to the Z-bend lookout showing the dramatic gorge hewn by the Murchison river<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-post-thumbnail\" title=\"10\/11\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BIRU-WP-20181011T115817GMT0800-1200x1600.jpg\" alt=\"10\/11\/18\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After lunch back at the apartment &amp; a rest we went on our 4 o\u2019clock whale watching cruise.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"10\/11\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BIRU-WP-20181011T230628GMT0800-1-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"10\/11\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The boat was big and the waves were choppy especially exiting the harbour. Our skipper is a cray fisherman the rest of the year but they give the crayfish a 2 month \u2018holiday\u2019 from mid October to mid December so they can \u2018have a rest\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>We saw at least a dozen humpback whales, mothers with calves, taking the \u2018Humpback Highway\u2019 back from the Northern breeding grounds to the rich Southern seas to restock after feeding their young. A baby whales drinks up to 600 litres of milk a day and gains 60kg in weight!<\/p>\n<p>The babies were frisky, leaping fully out of the water! We also witnessed some serious tail slapping. We have nearly no pictures of whales but lots of pictures of splashes!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"10\/11\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BIRU-WP-20181011T213411GMT0800-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"10\/11\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"10\/11\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BIRU-WP-20181011T213453GMT0800-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"10\/11\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We managed to book a late dinner at 7.30 (kitchens usually close by 8 here!) &#8211; it was an excellent restaurant run by an Iranian who explained she was trying to make her restaurant a bit special by putting flowers on the table and only serving fresh fish. (We\u2019ve enjoyed good food but we also sense that the British exported their cuisine too). This restaurant has a chef from Mauritius and was a cut above all others &#8211; and in a tiny town like Kilbarri!<\/p>\n<p>Goodnight from the other side of the world!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"WA \/ Australia - 10\/11\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BIRU-WP-20181011T191025GMT0800-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"WA \/ Australia - 10\/11\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a short drive through Kalbarri park at 7:00am (we get up early here) we made it to Nature\u2019s Window before any crowds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1729,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions\/1729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}