ANCIENT WONDERS
THE SIGN inside the Visitor Centre at Purnululu National Park says it all: “How lucky are you to be sleeping under a million stars instead of five.”
Even though we’re towing our off-road caravan, we’ve allowed ourselves the flexibility of going completely off-road with a swag packed on top of the D-MAX. Here at Purnululu, we’ve dropped the ’van off at the Bungle Bungle Caravan Park with plans to camp in the National Park for the next two nights.
The Bungle Bungle Caravan Park is a great option for those travelling over the border from Kununurra who want to leave their vans, and tent or swag it for a night or two. Only single-axle trailers are allowed in the park. It’s here we meet up with Bernie, one of the off-road tour guides who drives visitors into the park a few times a week in 4x4 buses.
Bernie is someone I connected with on social media more than a
