Back out to Kalbarri Inland NP and to Z Bend , we hadn't been here for 4 years and there was a huge change . It's now bitumen all the way out , we knew that , but the carpark has been revamped completely , there's now parking for probably about 60 or 70 cars & some for buses as well , 2 large picnic areas and a new toilet block .
We got the boots out and got ready to head down to the lookout , the track down also has a bit of redeveloping , better steps & more level areas in between .
Surprising us were some yellow orchids , the drive in to Z Bend had been one with very few flowers on show , so we were pleasantly surprised , and it kept coming to us .
Ornate little pink flowers
Plain white ones
And some pink grevilleas - we think ?
Not to mention the pink everlasting daisies
And these small balls of blossom .
Down to the lookout , it was as we remembered with great views down the fault line that has been eroded away by the river .
A panoramic photo shows the river turning at 90 degrees just below the lookout .
There's also the river walk track that takes you down to the river - I thought we'd been down here before , but I was surprised when we started down the track . The first part of the track was winding it's way slowly downward till we went down a ladder ( don't remember any ladders ) then into this opening in the chasm , scrambling over rocks in an area no wider than 1.5m !! it also towered above us .
At the end of this part the track turned left under a heap of very large rocks , before turning right again , down a sloping rock and up another ladder before going down another ladder . The gap in the rocks on the right hand side of the photo is where you zigzag through , you can see a lady on top of one rock , she is going back up . This walk is as good as most walks in Karijini .
We gradually came down further , this was the view behind us , a large gum tree growing out of the rocks .
Finally down , I walked around to below the lookout , the pools of water giving some great views .
We were rewarded with some great photos .
The lookout is in the top right corner of the photo .
The water was flowing but it was a bit green .
The views up to where the river was flowing from give a stunning look at how rugged this area is .
After about 40 mins beside the river we headed back up , not realising it was nearly 12:45 , hmm should have taken lunch with us !! Ah well , we did enjoy it when we got back up to the top again .
With lunch eaten , we headed back into Kalbarri and flew the drone down near one of the beaches just to the south of the river estuary .
What a good day we had , a new walk and some wildflowers as well . Here's a map link , I've done it in satellite view so you can see why it's called Z Bend :- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_-6nJ54aW6dtC46EffvGsANLv1g9bJ4b&usp=sharing
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