Millstream/Chichester National Park. WA.

Firstly our trip from Hamersley gorge to Millstream/Chichester NP. This was about 250klm of unsealed road, and a very good road it was to. We only meant trucks, mining vehicle's and trains.Well the roads are excellent because they are owned by the mining company's and you have to have a permit to drive on them. Of course we didn't get a permit, because to buy the permit we would have had to drive 100klms in the opposite direction, plus we saw no signs advising about a permit, so yet again we were naughty!!!! (Your supposed to watch an OHS video before you get the permit).
Now the trains, have to be the longest trains in the world, they are over two and a half klms long, and guess what we flashed our lights, waved our arms and all the train drivers, waved and gave us blasts from their horn!!! They liked it and so did we!!!!

Arrived at Millstream/Chichester NP, and it was extremely warm and very quiet, everybody else had left as to warm up here now. Firstly we set up and then did the Millstream Homestead trail, which was only a short 1klm , very pretty, with lots of little streams. The homestead was built in 1930 and Steve and I thought about camping here, as it was much cooler than our camper trailer!!!!

                                                  Steve swimming at crossing pool.

                                                          Deep Reach Pool. (Hardly a pool)

As you can see, this is called Deep Reach pool, how ever it is the Fortescue River. It reminded us so much of the Murray, but this was extremely warm!!!
Millstream is a priority catchment area and supplies water to the near by towns of Wickham, Roebourne, Point Samson, Dampier & Karratha.
Millstream/ Chichester was previously two National parks, they were joined in 1982.
This is only a small park (Compared to Karijini) and has 200,000 hectares.

There was a lot of wildlife around the park, Kangaroos, Bustards. However at night there were a lot of feral bulls & donkeys, they make so much noise, and even if you needed to go to the toilet in the night, there is NO Way I was getting out the Camper!!! We tried spot lighting them, from our bed with out much luck.
Now we leave this National Park and head to Karratha.