Overview
About Junction Pool Lookout
Why stop
- The 800 m plateau walk links it with Oxer Lookout.
Heads up
- The roughly 100 m gorge edge and loose rock need care.
Map
Where it is
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Karijini Tour Guide
Your drive to Junction Pool Lookout, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Karijini National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Oxer and Junction Pool Lookouts“Up ahead are Oxer and Junction Pool lookouts, where you can see the depth of these gorges without climbing into them. I'd make Oxer the priority: four gorge heads meet below walls that drop around a hundred metres.”
Plays as you drive up to Junction Pool Lookout in the Parkwolf Karijini Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
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- 141 audio storiesacross Karijini’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Dingo, Rock Wallaby, Mulga Snake, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 22 trails, 30 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
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Guide
More about Junction Pool Lookout
A gorge-rim viewpointJunction Pool Lookout is a viewpoint in the Weano Recreation Area, looking up Bilungunha…
Junction Pool Lookout is a viewpoint in the Weano Recreation Area, looking up Bilungunha (Hancock Gorge) and down to Junction Pool far below. It gives you the gorge’s scale from the rim, without committing to the much harder route into it.
The plateau walkAn 800 m walk trail begins at Weano day-use area and links Junction Pool and Oxer lookouts…
An 800 m walk trail begins at Weano day-use area and links Junction Pool and Oxer lookouts across the plateau. Oxer is a separate stop with the view across the meeting of four gorges; Junction Pool Lookout turns your attention along Hancock Gorge and down to its pool.
Look both waysThe unusual part of this stop is the two-level view: follow the gorge up Bilungunha, then look…
The unusual part of this stop is the two-level view: follow the gorge up Bilungunha, then look down to Junction Pool. For a photo, keep the red walls in frame with the pool far below so the drop reads clearly.
Stay back from the edgeThe gorge edges are about 100 m high, and loose rock can sit near the rim.
The gorge edges are about 100 m high, and loose rock can sit near the rim. If you go into a gorge, don’t enter when rain is in the area and leave immediately if it starts; flash floods can occur. Summer temperatures often top 40°C.
Start at WeanoWeano picnic area is the base for the walk.
Weano picnic area is the base for the walk. It has toilets, shaded seating, picnic tables, barbecues and an information shelter; these facilities are at the picnic area rather than at the lookout itself.
Going farther into Hancock GorgeThe separate Hancock Gorge route to Kermits Pool is Class 5, with a suggested time of two hours…
The separate Hancock Gorge route to Kermits Pool is Class 5, with a suggested time of two hours for fit, experienced walkers. The gorge walls twist and close in along the way, so treat the lookout and the descent as different plans.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Karijini
44 sightingsDingoMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
18 sightingsRock WallabyMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
15 sightingsMulga SnakeMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
36 sightingsHamersley Rock MonitorMost seen around 9 AMSighting map
13 sightingsWestern BowerbirdMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
34 sightingsChildren's PythonMost seen around 8 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Karijini. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
