We headed south on the Great Northern Highway (someone has to go south) to Purnululu (the new name for the Bungle Bungle Range). It’s about 250km on the bitumen, through Warmun (the new name for Turkey Creek) and then 53 bone rattling, corrugated kilometres across some private property and then into the National Park. This last 53km takes almost 2 hours, and on top of the corrugations you also get a seriously winding road (quality car sickness trigger) and several creek crossings. No caravans are allowed in, so this reduces the numbers a bit. The enterprising owners of the station through which the road passes have established a caravan park at the start of the dirt road, so the Nomads can still drop the van (for a fee) and do a day trip, or leave the van for a few days (for a fee) and camp in a tent at the Bungles. Not too many Nomads are tent campers though! There is also the pleasant surprise of a coffee van, which is owned by (no surprises here) the station/caravan park owners. I happily added to the season’s profits as we left – it soothed my corrugated brain.
Anyway, we had arrived at the campground at Purnululu in time to wander up the hill for this fantastic sunset. This is the western side of the range, and the surrounding area is flanked by spinifex covered slopes.