Sunday, April 18, 2010

I fell in love with Kalbarri

As the bus entered Kalbarri, my heart was instantly beating faster. It was early evening, the weather somewhat cloudly but I could see the breathtaking view of the Murchison River flowing into the ocean. The surrounding hills and islands seem to welcome me straight away.

I spent 7 days in Kalbarri, Western Australia, enjoyed every single day of it. A lot of fishing with not much more luck than in Cervantes, kanoeing, hiking and leisure walks along the beach. It was the first time that I heard that the name Kalbarri stemmed from the kalba tree. Apart from this I learnt a lot about different types of banksia, learnt about their petals closing when heat was missing and saw quite a few kangaroos which I could never capture in a photo.

It was extraordinary impressive to see a caterpillar formation which I would have run over without the ranger who guided us through the park. I volunteered in the feeding the pelicans attraction and felt that I could imagine living here for a longer period.

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