Trish Travels: Table Mt - Millie Millie

Day 3 - Mt Meharry 1248 Mtrs

Mt meharry

Friday, 25 May 2012

A chilly start, so on the road quickly to ascend Meharry. Not sure if we can drive all the way to the top. We were passed the "minefield" and out of the awful bull dust. Soon started climbing, oh oh, was my stomach going to handle this? Not long before we hit a track closure, but soon found the detour. The entry to the creek bed was a cliff, but less steep further on. The incline was increasing, very loose large rocks. Maxxie was in 4L and just steadily rock climbing. Carefully so as to not send them tumbling down on to Michael. Chauffeur has described it as "challenging, slippy and fun". The views at the top were incredible, top of the world stuff.

A well deserved breakfast, and a quick phone call as we had coverage.

It always amazes me how the reverse trip (coming back down) offers up a completely different Perspective. Back down to traverse the minesite.

On to Wanna Munna Rock Pool. I am so glad I have a bum cushion, sure do need it on these rough tracks. Another one of those WOW settings. A quick walk before lunch. Just past the pool and up into the gorge and we discovered we were in an art gallery, petroglyphs galore. Now these really did look old. Somehow Michael had walked straight passed them. Many photos later we sat down to a bite to eat.

Next place to discover was Weeli Wooli Hot Springs. After seeing Troy's photos at the club meeting we were drooling at the thought of a hot soak. Took a bit of finding as there was a tree across the track, so we had to find the detour through a creek bed. But make it we did and set up nearby. No fire again, but as there was no wind Michael entertained us with a video - 4x4 action, Roothy style(boy stuff, but I was content as I had the other end of Michael's blanket over my knees :)

	Summit of Meharry 1248 Mtrs [Map]		Overlooking the Pilbara from Meharry [Map]
	The descent! [Map]		Wanna Munna Rock Pool [Map]
	Petroglyphs [Map]		Rock Art [Map]
	Weeli Wolli Hot Spring [Map]

Day 4 - Weeli Wolli, Eagle Rock, Three Pools

Saturday, 26 May 2012

After a quick last skimpy dip in the warm pool, we decamped, the boys had to drive through the creek (just because it was there!). Looked at bit deep in places so I refused to go across with my chauffeur, but after filming him cross, I decided it wasn't so bad and crossed with Michael. Couldn't find a track up the hill we wanted to climb and tramping through virgin spinifex wasn't appealing so we recrossed the creek. We found our way to Eagle Rock Falls. The track came in to the top of the gorge and it was an interesting climb down. We scampered around like rock wallabies for a while before tummies demanded to be fed.

This whole area is like a network of mining roads! A few mine workers around sticky beaking on R & R. Trying to discern mine roads from tracks which lead to scenic pools was challenging, but we eventually found Three springs and we decided to have some R &R ourselves and set up camp early. Huh, what R &R! Other than an Epsom Salts foot soak, and even then I used the time to alter my gaiters for the 4th time!, we were busy washing half of the Pilbara dust out of our clothes. Cooked up a yummy pumpkin, quinoa and brown rice curry that caused some interesting sound effects later that night :)