Well that wraps up Leg 1 of the trip, I’ll be leaving Broome on Wednesday to head to Darwin via the Gibb River Road and a stack of other places. More details of where I’ll be going can be found at Leg 2 – Broome to Darwin.

I’ve had an excellent time so far, discovering alot of what Western Australia has to offer and meeting some great people. I spent the last two weeks housesitting an old pearlers cottage and looking after two chickens. While in Broome I’ve travelled up to One Arm Point and Cape LeVeaque, gone fishing at Barred Creek, watched Bran Nue Dae at Sun Pictures and partied a fair amount. Speaking of parties I’m having one down at Ganthume Pt this evening as a send off which should be fun.

The highlight of this section of the trip was definitely Karijini National Park, it was great to go back there 14 years later and see it all again. Karijini is what prompted me to want to drive around Australia and discover what else this country has to offer.

Some of the photos of the trip are shown below.

  • Goldsworthy
Leg 1 Highlights

Some of the highlights on the 6600km, 23 day trip from Perth to Broome and the 2.5 months spent living in Broome

Goldsworthy

Scenes from the now abandoned town of Goldsworthy, the first iron-ore mining town in the Pilbara of Western Australia.

Karijini National Park

Located 80km East of Tom Price in Western Australia, Karijini National Park holds many natural wonders.

I’ll endeavour to get more photos up at some point, however there is a large section of the trip where my camera wasn’t working.

As there are a few days between leaving my housesit and hitting the road, I think I’ll go fishing at Barred Creek for that time.

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