After Lancelin we had long driving day to get to our next destination – Kalbarri. We did a couple of pit stops: one in local capital Geraldton and one in  so called Pink Lakes. We were told that it’s good to do all the basic grocery shopping in Geraldton since after that towns get smaller and more expensive. There was only one problem – we were there on Sunday. All the major shops we checked were closed and it was difficult even to find a place to eat. Geraldton seemed deserted, only one parking lot was full with no obvious reason. Soon we founded out where the whole town was. We entered to a bar next to the parking lot and it was full of people since in couple of minutes a broadcast of a boxing match between Mayweather and Mcgregor would start. 

On our way to our camping we tried to find the Pink Lakes but it turned out be difficult. There was no real drive way to the lakes and half of the area was owned by a chemistry company. But we saw a glimpse of the lake and it really was pink. Expecially when looking from above. 

We arrived to our camping spot Wagoe Chalets around 4 pm. It was located between fields and a farmhouse and the sea, about 30 minutes drive to Kalbarri. The place itself was quite nice and pretty basic. We had a comfy tent spot for two nights. First night was nice and calm only the sound of waves hitting the shore and a little bit of rain during the night. Second night we got to experience an Australian storm. The whole night the sky was light with lightnings and strong wind kept hitting our tent. So we slept pretty lightly that night. 

On our first day in Kalbarri we had a quick cup of coffee in a local cafe and then hit to the national park. First we went to see the national parks landmark Nature’s window, which was a rock formation that looked like a window (as it is named). The Nature’s window was beautiful by itself but from there started the most impressive walking trail that we had walked, an 8 km ”The Loop”. 
It was raining a bit when we started the trail and we could hear thunder in the distance. But it was nice and warm and there was almost nobody on the trail. First 3 km the path went up on the gorge following a river going between two gorges. Looking on the other side we could see big caves formed to the stone wall. There was also black swans swimming on the river. Then the path started going down from the gorge to the other side to a sandy beach and another river. From there the trail started to get really interesting. In the beginning there was a sign where was written that from this point the trail will become more strenuous so if you might want to turn back. 

The best part of the trail was to walk on these rock formations that were like plates hanging on top of the river. Other side on the path there were red coloured walls of rock and other side this calm river. It felt like this earth looked like in the beginning of time. Along the way we also saw a couple of kangaroos, green parrots, black swans, crows and goat tracks on the sand. 

After making the Loop that took about 3 hours we drove to another side of the park to take a shorter trail, Z-bend river trail. It was much shorter, only 2,6km return, but still fun going down to the river, using sometimes small ladders.

Other part of Kalbarri National park lies on the shore, consisting of the cliffs and lookouts. We went to some of the lookouts in the morning and some in the evening. Interestingly, some of the cliffs that were closer to Kalbarri town were red as the gorges inland, and those that were closer to Wagoe chalets were yellow.