We were all so excited to be out of the bus and walking around! We had an entire day at the Bungle Bungles in Purnululu (over 320,000 hectares). Our first stop was Echidna Chasm.
We were tiny in comparison to the towering cliffs - here's a Danish guy and French Lolo from the tour.
The rule of our group hikes was that we all had to go straight to the destination without stopping, then we could make our way back at our own pace to take our pictures.
We saw lots of green frogs on the rocks and in the toilets.
me at Echidna Chasm.
Echidna Chasm.
A few of us beat the others back to the bus so we had a bit of fun climbing on top of the bus.
Our next stop brought us through the domes at the Bungle Bungles.
Here we are walking among the tiger-striped, beehive-shaped domes which are 300m high.
A close up of the sandstone and conglomerate domes.
Here I am in the center of Cathedral Gorge.
We all stopped for a break inside Cathedral Gorge.
The open roof of Cathedral Gorge.
More domes at the Bungle Bungles. Legend says over the span of 350 million years, rivers washed sand and pebbles into the area, layer-upon-layer, and the sand was ground finer and harder together until it formed sandstone rock. Strong winds and heavy rains have eroded the sandstone away to form the dome shapes now present. The tiger-stripes result from black algae growth that permeates the more porous layers of the rock, and a glossy orange build up of manganese and iron staining.
And here we have a drop toilet with a spectacular backdrop.
After a full day at the Bungle Bungles, we started the drive to El Questro. As we couldn't drive after dark, we ended up camping next to a roadhouse/petrol station. We had a lucky surprise of showers, which was a good thing because we ended up sleeping under the toilet block/awning porch when it started pouring that night.
Prisca, Stefanie, and Kat curled up by the toilets.
