Aboriginal Art on the Rocks in Dampier in The Pilbara

For part two of my Aussie Remarkable Rocks I am taking you to the far north-west of West Australia from Barn Hill Station, 128 kms south of Broome, to Broome and Cape Leveque and east to The Kimberley and the amazing Lake Argyle, near the West Australian/Northern Territory border.

Rock Formations at Barn Hill Station Beaches

Barn Hill is situated on a Kimberley Cattle Station overlooking the Indian Ocean. The red earth cliffs overhang beautiful wide white-sanded beaches with the most interesting colourful rock formations. There is even a red rock shaped like a map of Australia.

Gantheaume Point, Broome

Broome in the far north of West Australia has the most contrasting vivid colourful landscapes with red earth, jewell tone seas and bluest of skies. The rock formations and dinosaur footprints imprinted in the red earth are a big attraction at Gantheaume Point.

Rock Formations at Quondong Beach, Cape Leveque

Travel further north to Cape Leveque and the landscape is even more barren and dramatic.

Exquisite Rocks of Geikie Gorge on the Fitzroy River

Heading east and into the bowels of The Kimberley there are 350 million year old gorges that have been etched out of the earth during the time when The Kimberley was under the sea. Geikie Gorge is part of an ancient limestone reef that covered a large part of the Kimberley in Devonian times.

Interesting rock formations and gorge at Fitzroy Crossing

390 kms east of Broome is the town of Fitzroy Crossing in the heart of The Kimberley.

Bungle Bungles in Purnululu National Park

The Bungle Bungles are located within the Purnululu National Park, 300 kms south of Kununurra, then 53 kms over a rough dirt track with many creek crossings. It is 4WD only, but the rough ride in is definitely worth the effort.

The orange and black stripes across the beehive-like mounds are an extraordinary sight if observed from the air, but equally as stunning from the ground. The natural amphitheatre structure of Cathedral Gorge rewards you with a refreshing swim in its spring-fed pool at the end of your walk.

Bungle Bungles, Purnululu National Park

The narrow opening of Echidna Chasm and more remarkable rock formations that form the Bungle Bungles Ranges.

Emma Gorge, El Questro Wilderness Park

An hour’s drive west of Kununurra on the Gibb River Road is Emma Gorge, which is part of the spectacular El Questro Wilderness Park.  The spring-fed swimming hole was freezing!

El Questro Gorge

One of the many magnificent gorges carved through the El Questro Wilderness Park where we were once again rewarded by a refreshing swim at the end of the walk.

Rocky Escarpments at Lake Argyle

The enormous waterway, Lake Argyle created by the damming of the Ord River in the 1960s is located near the border of West Australia and Northern Territory.

It is the change of colours on the rocky escarpments at Lake Argyle that are beguiling. The sunlight reflecting on the rocks changes dramatically from morning to evening creating a kaleidoscope of colours.

It is difficult to say which rocks are the most remarkable in the north west of West Australia, but they certainly put on a show of diversity of colours, shape and formation. Is it any wonder why The Kimberley was a highlight of our trip around Australia!