Cheela Station and Parabadoo

Friday morning we set off from Exmouth to reach Cheela station for the night. Fortunately Chris drove as my mobility is limited today, it was a long day for her with rain setting in toward the end. The landscape was a little varied but very flat most of the day as can be seen in the photos.  When we reached Cheela it was very muddy and looked more like a mining support facility. Managed to find some coarse gravel to park the vans on and at least the showers were clean and hot.

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Note the long row of mining trucks at Cheela.
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There you go not all flat.
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Think the rainfall might be low here. Exmouth Nanutarra road.
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On the way to Tom Price
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Near Tom Price
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Both the weather and the ranges are closing in near Karijini,
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Evidence of the over night rain.

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This was typical closer to Exmouth than the other shots on this page.

Saturday morning we decided to push on and refueled in Parabadoo, almost immediately my companions had a dash light warning of water in the diesel. We managed to get to Tom Price where we found a mechanic to drain the system.

From Tom Price we set off for Karijini National Park and the Dales Gorge National Park.

The landscape is more varied and full of prominent rocky ranges as can be seen below.

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