Canning Stock Route Update #16

After some nasty stretches of corrugated tracks plus some careful driving over fields of sharp lava rocks we made it to the most remote national park Australia has on offer: The Karlamilyi National Park.

Our standard tyre pressure of ~40 PSI is now down to 18 PSI so that we can deal with those challenging surfaces. Speaking about PSI which stands for pounds per square inch: Didn’t we say we'd go metric some time ago?!?

The remoteness of the Karlamilyi National Park is paired with pristine beauty: Pictured below is the “Three Goanna Pool”, named after the indigenous goanna painting above the water.

What a splendid opportunity to wash my clothes. I’m sure there are many highly functional outdoor clothing brands out there. However, I have chosen a slightly different path and decked myself out with tradie gear from iconic brand Hard Yakka. What works all year round in the outdoors of a construction site, certainly works in the bush.

I also got myself a set of boots from Australia’s only work boots company Mongrel Boots . I particularly like the side zipper to get quickly in- and out of the boots plus that Mongrel has a variant on offer without the steel cap. These lighter and more flexible boots will have to do when a snake bites or a gin tonic glass falls on my toe.

Now before some folks point out again how many pairs of socks I washed since last laundry day (four pairs plus the one I wear), that was five days ago thank you very much. In general, the bush hygiene is of high standards, including a bath (with bio-degradable soap) in the 14 degree cold Three Goanna Pool which is the equivalent of a midsummer splash in the German Baltic Sea.

Happy days all around.