The morning before, my son Mitch and I headed west to explore the valley that we had driven through on our first day of our Karijini adventure. We were looking for possible vantage points to shoot either sunrise or sunset, interesting trees, red ridges dotted with spinifex. Lots of bush bashing. Our research indicated that snakes are quite plentiful in the park, so we had taken the precaution to bring our trusty snake slippers (gum boots!) with us. This morning, an hour before sunrise, we headed out across the plain, then up a ridge, snake slippers on …