Wildflower Itinerary

ecoretreat
karijini
Experience the icons of the
grand north west
karijini eco retreat
- Wildflower Self Drive colours of Mt Augustus
Karijini Eco Retreat
EXMOUTH
CORAL
BAY
Minilya Roadhouse
Mount
Augustus
Nat. Park
Kennedy Range
National Park
CARNARVON
GASCOYNE JUNCTION
Bidgemia Station
Day 4: Murchison Settlement - Gascoyne Junction 260km,
Wooramel
3 hours
Roadhouse
Stop at Bilung Pool. On the banks of Gascoyne River, the town is
Overlander
a centre for sheep and wheat stations.
Roadhouse
MURCHISON
SETTLEMENT
Billabong
Accom options: Gascoyne Junction - cara park, camping. Nearby,
Wooleen
Station
Roadhouse
Bidgemia Station, std rooms, homestead, cara park, camp
Kalbarri
Day 5: Gascoyne Junction - Mt Augustus 307km, 4 hours
KALBARRI
Nat. Pk.
Visit Kennedy Range N.P boasting cliffs, canyons and wildlife.
MULLEWA
Travel NE to Mt Augustus N.P, Australia’s largest monolith,
NORTHAMPTON
GERALDTON MINGENEW
surrounded by purple mulla mulla.
MORAWA
DONGARA
Accom options: Cobra Station Bangemall Inn – motel rooms,
PERENJORI
N
THREE SPRINGS
cara park, camp, Mt Augustus Tourist Park – std rooms, cara park,
camp
DALWALLINU
JURIEN BAY
Day 6: Mt Augustus - Karijini Eco Retreat 541km, 8 hours
CERVANTES
WONGAN HILLS
Travel the 4WD Pingandy Rd past Dooly Downs and Ashburton
LANCELIN
NEW NORCIA
Downs, to Tom Price, then into gorge country around Karijini Eco
Retreat.
PERTH
Accom: Karijini Eco Retreat - Karijini N.P.
Accom options: Deluxe tents with private facilities, campsites,
caravan sites
Day 7: Karijini National Park
Day 1: Perth - Dalwallinu 273km, 3 hours
Travel to east of N.P to visitor centre viewing Dales Gorge, Circular
Visit monastic town of New Norcia. Travel to Wongan Hills with
Pool and Fortescue Falls. Enjoy dinner at the Karijini Eco Retreat
nature reserves and wildflowers before Dalwallinu for Wreath
Restaurant.
Leschenaultia.
Accom options: Dalwallinu Wheatland Motel, Dalwallinu Hotel, Day 8: Karijini National Park
Enjoy the stunning nearby Joffre Gorge, Weano Gorge, Knox
B&B’s, cara park, camp
Gorge and Joffre Falls.
Day 2: Dalwallinu - Mullewa 243km, 3 hours
See Wreath Leschenaultia and Church of St Joseph in Perenjori. Day 9: Karijini - Exmouth 700km, 7.5 hours
Visit Morawa’s Church of the Holy Cross, Yalgoo’s architecture Travel to Tom Price. Continue via Doradeen Rd and Milne Rd,
Nameless Valley Drv and Nanutarra Drv. Turn left at Nanutarra
and Chapel of St Hyacinth. Head to Mullewa.
Roadhouse at NW Coastal Hwy, right at Burkett Rd into Exmouth.
Accom options: Railway Hotel, cara park, camp
Discover Cape Range National Park’s 630 species of flowers,
Nearby: Wandina Homestead, Pindar Guest House
beaches and canyons.
Day 3: Mullewa - Murchison Settlement 239km, 3 hours
Accom options: Novotel Ningaloo Resort, Exmouth Escape
See vistas of everlastings. Perhaps overnight at Murchison
Settlement or consider Wooleen Station which has station tours Resort, Exmouth Cape Holiday Park, Ningaloo Lodge, Potshot
Resort, Sal Salis, Bullara Station, Warroora Station
of everlastings.
Accom options: Murchison Settlement - Oasis Roadhouse motel Day 10: Exmouth - Carnarvon 367km, 4 hours
Drive to Carnarvon sees displays of Parakeelya, purple vetch,
& cara park, camp
northern bluebells and everlastings.
Nearby, Wooleen Station, homestead rooms, 2BR aparts, cara
Accom options: Best Western Hospitality Inn, Coral Coast Tourist
park, camp
Carnegie
Shark
Bay
MONKEY
MIA
Warburton
Lake
Carnegie
OU
"Annee Beadell Hwy"
TB
AC
K
WAY
Cosmo Newbery
Laverton
Leonora
Gwalia
Lake
Carey
Morapoi
Station
Lake
Ballard
Kookynie
Lake
Raeside
Niagara Dam
Menzies
Lake
Rebecca
Ora Banda
Broad Arrow
KALGOORLIEBOULDER
8
Coolgardie
Kambalda
Lake
Lefroy
INDIAN
Lake
Hope
Lake
Gilmore
Cuballing
Wickepin
Harrismith
Williams Narrogin
Duranillin
Arthur
River
Busselton
Augusta
Cape Leeuwin
Nannup
Kojonup
Grass Patch
Lake King
Ravensthorpe
Nyabing
7
Katanning
Gnowangerup
Jerramungup
Ongerup
Fitzgerald River
National Park
Stokes
Nat. Park
Hopetoun
ESPERANCE
Cape Le Grand
Nat. Park
Bridgetown
Manjimup
Bremer Bay
Sealed Major Road
Sealed Minor Road
Unsealed Road
Track
Four Wheel Drive
Cape Riche
Mt. Barker
Pemberton
Walpole Denmark
Map
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RAC Member Service Centre or order online at www.rac.com.au
Lake Grace Newdegate
Kukerin
Dumbleyung
Wagin
Cape Naturaliste
Margaret
River
4 6
5
3
Darkan
Lake
Dundas
Salmon Gums
Peak Charles
Nat. Park
Cape Arid Nat. Park
3
Quindanning
COLLIE
BUNBURY
Frank Hann
Lake
Nat. Park Sharpe
Yealering
4
Fraser
Range
Station
Norseman
Lake
Johnston
Pinjarra
Eucla
Lake
Cowan
OCEAN
C
Shark Bay
Home to more than 12,000 species of wildflowers, over half of which are found
nowhere else on earth, Western Australia’s wildflower season (Jun.-Nov.) ranks
as one of the world’s greatest ‘bloom booms’. Follow this route and you won’t lose
scent of a bouquet of additional icons such as the Pinnacles desert, wild dolphins
of Monkey Mia, Ningaloo Reef Marine Park, ancient Karijini gorges, Mt. Augustus
and the historic townscapes along the Outback Wool Wagon Pathway
Karijini
TOM National
Park
PRICETropic of Capricorn
Nanutarra
Roadhouse
Ancient Karijini Gorges
ALBANY
0
SOUTHERN
OCEAN
25
50
75
100
Scale in Kilometres
Copyright RACWA 2010
Wildflowers bloom seasonally and subject to seasonal variations and weather conditions. Map not to scale & route is intended as guide only. Contact RAC or petrol stations
for detailed maps. Some roads are unsealed. 4WD recommended. Check road conditions before you depart.
Park, Wintersun Caravan Park, Red Bluff and Quobba Station,
Gnaraloo.
Day 11: Carnarvon - Shark Bay 324km, 4 hours
Everlastings along roadside on the turn off to Shark Bay. Visit
Francois Peron N.P. with Shark Bay Daisy, Wattles, Dampiera and
purple peas.
Accom options: Heritage Resort, Oceanside Village
Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort, Dirk Hartog Island, Carbla Station,
Hamelin Station Stay.
Day 12: Shark Bay - Kalbarri 370km, 4.45 hours
Kalbarri N.P. is home to coastal cliffs and deep river gorges,
roughly 800 species of flora, many endemic species, including
the Kalbarri spider orchid.
Accom options: Kalbarri Palm Resort, Kalbarri Beach Resort,
Kalbarri Edge Resort, Kalbarri Reef Villas
Kalbarri Seafront Villas, Murchison Caravan Park, Murchison
House Station, Riverside Sanctuary
Day 13: Kalbarri - Geraldton 152km, 1.5 hours
Many varieties of wildflowers along this drive via Northampton.
Detour north of Geraldton into Chapman Valley where wildflowers
abound.
Accom options: Broadwater Mariner Resort, Intown Apartments,
Ocean West Holiday Units, Sunset Beach Holiday Park
Day 14: Geraldton - Cervantes via Mingenew 377km,
4.5 hours
Head south via Dongara to Mingenew and Coalseam
Conservation Park, with white, pink and yellow everlastings.
Three Springs, Carnamah and Coorow offer spectacular displays.
Lesueur N.P. has more than 800 species.
Accom options: Cervantes Edge Resort, Cervantes Pinnacles
Motel, Cervantes Lodge, Cervantes Holiday Homes, Cervantes
Caravan Park
Day 15: Cervantes - Perth 220km, 2.5 hours
Head to Pinnacles seeing areas of heath, acacia and myrtle,
banksias and casuarinas. Return to Perth along Indian Ocean
Drive.
For further information on Karijini Eco Retreat
go to: www.karijiniecoretreat.com.au
E: [email protected]