A policy of World Film Federation is that we journey to seek destinations around the world that are extraordinary with historical value to the global community and more importantly to the indigenous and local peoples who represent these most significant of places.

I am on a lone highway traveling in the North West in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, passing the occasional Road Train, mining light vehicle and tourist van and other adventure seekers on my way to one of the oldest land masses on earth the 2.5 million years old, Karijini National Park. Think about that, 2.5 MILLION years old!

The landscape is arid with low scrub and bush with trees spotted all over the rolling escarpments of rock, it feels old and outside its 35 degrees Celsius. The occasional kangaroo mob hops and lizards beside the road negotiating when to cross. This is the Wild West and it’s located in my own back yard, the country I was born.

I have traveled far and wide to many destinations in the world few will ever seek and I am really pumped and excited to finally be visiting this harsh desert region of Karijini in the Pilbara.

As I enter the park the most amazing of sensations comes over you, the eyes are mesmerized by the beauty and the knowledge of its ancient past as if time has stood still.

Barreling down a dirt track in my reliable 4X4, making my way to Kalamina Gorge and falls. I am finally here and it’s taken me 56 years, WOW!

I am all alone, no one to be seen as I carefully approach the rock face cliff edge to peer over 300 feet below. There it is unchanged for millennium after millennium, a fresh water pond with the gushing sound splash of the waterfall hitting the rock surface.

In making my way down the rock steps I am amazed and so – off comes the gear! I decide to have a dip while filming this very special occasion. Cooling off and thus, taking in the scenery and the enormity of just being present as I am surrounded by deep red rock, ferns and gum trees reaching high out of the spectacular gorge and the sound of water cascading down the rock face, birds chirping, the colors stunning. Bliss, peace, stunning…….Karijini.   

Our only home is counting on us all. You will never know, if you never go.

Contact: John Morris

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