Exploring The Bungle Bungles
Purnululu National Park
The Bungle Bungles National Park, or Purnululu National Park as it is officially called, is mentioned whenever the Kimberley is mentioned.
The marketing noise that surrounds the park is as impressive as the astounding Bungle Bungle range itself.
Especially when you keep in mind that the area was only "discovered" by a film team in 1983...
Purnululu National Park was established in 1987 and skyrocketed to world fame in no time at all.
The Bungle Bungle Range is one of the most spectacular and memorable places I have seen in my life, and I have seen some awesome places.
A night in the Bungles should be on the must do list of every Kimberley traveller.
About the Bungle Bungles National Park
Purnululu National Park Background Information
Facts, history, where does the name come from...
Geology, how the striped domes were formed.
Bungle Bungles Tourism Information
The best time to visit, the weather and temperatures
Getting there: directions, distances, driving times, road conditions, fees and regulations.
Accommodation/camping in the Bungles
The Walks and Attractions of Purnululu National Park
Take a virtual tour through the park. For now. I hope you can make it a real tour soon...
Bungle Bungles Pictures
I have devoted one page of my Kimberley photo gallery to pictures of Purnululu National Park.
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Here's what others have said
about Purnululu National Park
Click below to read the contributions from other readers and Kimberley fans...
Discovery?
I read here that the Bungles were "discovered" in 1983, "established in 1987 and skyrocketed to world fame"...
Well, I was there in 1986 as part of ...
Off road hitch for Bungles We have an off road camper trailer, but in an effort to save money for our trip, decided a treg off road hitch was a luxury we could get away without. We ...
Mitsubishi DELICA 4WD van suitable for a trip to the Bungles? We are planning a trip next month (September 08) and we have a Mitsubishi DELICA 4WD van. How will this vehicle go travelling on the track to the Bungles?...
Bungle Bungles overnight hike We would like to do the overnight hike to Piccaninny Gorge in the Bungle Bungles and wonder how to camp out. Will a sleeping bag be enough protection (e....
Bungle Bungle ranges visitor numbers
I am in year 3 and I need to find out how many people go to the Bungle Bungle ranges every year? Could you please tell me how many?
Thank you.
Kind regards,...
Bungle Bungle access track in darkness Would you consider the access track for Purnululu NP too dangerous in any way to attempt in darkness? I'm staring at the 6-hour each way distance from ...
Ford Territory to Bungle Bungles I will be visiting the Kimberleys and Bungle Bungles in July / August - driving an All Wheel Drive Ford Territory, towing a standard 18' tandem caravan....
Walking in the Bungle Bungles The Bungles are unique. My sister-in-law and I were there at the beginning of October 2007. The walks through Echidna Chasm and Cathedral Dome were relatively ...
No place like the Bungles on Earth! We were in the Bungle Bungles in September 06. Almost just the two of us where there. This picture is taken out of the Window Outlook in the Bungles park,...
Purnululu The Bungle Bungles or Purnululu is an experience not to be missed. I was not ready for the scale of the rock formations and the dramatic colours of them....
Getting on Piccaninny Creek... This is the start of the Piccaninny Creek walk. The picture was taken just before we got to the Window Outlook. The temperature was around 39°C at ...
Visiting Bungle Bungle with a caravan OK, I know that caravans are not allowed in the park, but where is the closest point at which you can (with reasonable security) leave a van so that you ...
Bungles in a Jayco pop top? How about taking a Jayco pop top caravan into the Bungles? It is called the "out back" series, it is not a full size caravan, is much higher off the ground ...
Spring Creek Road I am planning on visiting Purnululu National Park and was wondering just how difficult Spring Creek track is for someone who has done limited 4WD driving....
Bungle Bungles in a Rav4? We're planning a trip to the Kimberley in July/August and have been looking into flying to Darwin & hiring a 4WD for the trip - which is getting more expensive ...
Kimberley Karavans to Purnululu NP I have been told by a supplier of the above that this "Karavan" is the only caravan permitted in the Bungle Bungle. Is this correct? Can you refer me to ...
Road access to the Bungle Bungles
You state the access to the Bungle Bungles is only suitable for 4WD's.
Does this include light duty all wheel drives similar to RAV's, X Trails and CRV'...
4WD in the Bungle Bungles? Me and three friends are planning a trip from Perth to Darwin and we are wanting to do Kimberly as well. We were going get a campervan for the trip - but ...
Can you take a 2 wd car into the Bungle Bungles? We have a small caravan and a 2002 Ford Fairmont. Are we able to go to many places off road with this setup? We probably will leave the caravan and just ...
Bungle Bungles visit We will be travelling down from El Questro to Halls Creek and then the Tanami down to Alice in July. Would 2 nights camping in the Bungles (say, a day ...
It's A Long Way In My wife and I drove into the Bungle Bungles three years ago and it took us three hours. When we got there everything was shut and the ranger station was ...
Taking an offroad caravan to the Bungle Bungles On some of the websites showing road conditions into the Bungle Bungles there is a picture with the line thru a picture of a caravan. Is it strictly forbidden ...
Camper trailer storage when travelling to the Bungles We are travelling to the Kimberley next month with our Goldstream camper trailer, hoping to travel the Gibb River Road and the Bungles. We heard that we ...
Camping in the Bungles The picture shows our camping site in the Bungles, at the location which is 15km from the tourist centre towards the south, not sure of the name again....
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