PURNULULU NATIONAL PARK

Walking up Piccaninny GorgePurnululu is the park which contains the famous Bungle Bungles. For all its fame, few have taken the time to put on a pack and really explore this wondrous area of deep gorges and sandstone domes. There is far too much to see in a day or two, far more than you can see on any number of day walks from a vehicle. Our trips take you far up Piccaninny Gorge to a base camp from which you enjoy leisurely explorations of the surrounding gorges, beautiful places forever inaccessible to non-walkers.

Purnululu was listed as a world heritage site in July 2003. The following quote is from the Australian Department of Environment and Heritage website.

"Famous for the 45 000 hectare Bungle Bungle Range, with its huge expanse of striking banded beehive structures, sandstone cliffs and towers, Purnululu has been listed as an outstanding landscape that is a superlative natural phenomenon, revealing the history of its formation over hundreds of millions of years. Purnululu National Park has such outstanding universal natural values that it enriches the world and should be conserved for the benefit of all people. Before 1982, when aerial pictures were first released, it was virtually unknown except to pastoralists, scientists and the local Aboriginal community. It is now seen as one of the scenic jewels of outback Australia."

Click here to see the full Department of Environment and Heritage Purnululu World Heritage page.

Click here to see the UNESCO Description of the World Heritage listing.

We visit the Bungle Bungles on our Bungles in the Wet, Bungles-Osmond and Kimberley Highlights No. 1 trips.

Click here to see a photo gallery of Dry Season Bungles photos.

Click here to see a photo gallery of Wet Season Bungles photos.

If you would like more information about the Bungles, the link below is a 72 page PDF of the Australian government application for World Heritage status for Purnululu. The document contains a wealth of information (much more information than in the actual listing) as well as some beautiful photos. It's over 2MB, so you'll need a lot of patience if you don't have a fast internet connection.

Nomination of Purnululu National Park for World Heritage Status

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