Uh oh we’re in for some stormy weather now for a few days ……its finally caught us again as we travel through the south west corner of WA. The countryside is very green and lovely with more and more trees. Reminded us of England, the only giveaway being the fields of vines (we’re also in wine growing country) and flowering apple orchards……in November!
We head to Karri and Tingle country (the giant Karri Oak and Eucalptus augustus (Tingle) tree forests unique to this part of Australia – that’s why it rains so much!) – land of the giant trees. To Walpole a small town that is located near the so called Valley of The Giants and home to the Treetop and Ancient Empire walks. We camped at Rest Point on the Nornalup Inlet at Walpole – lovely waterside location but again those pesky darn flies (also mozzies we thought we’d left behind in the tropics!!) and it got a little soggy overnight with thunderstorms….(give us the baking sun of north WA any day)!
We did have a good half day of sunshine the next day to visit the Valley of The Giants and walk the Ancient Empire through the giant tree forests. Amazing trees and some measuring over 70 metres tall!
Pelicans at Nornalup Inlet
Giant Milliipede at Valley of Giants Visitor Centre - no its not real!
A tree with knobbly knees!
Karen in the tree
and in another .......( or maybe out of her tree!)
Its so big I can't see the top!
After getting our (tree hugger) fix on these amazing trees we headed to the coast and to Conspicuous Cliff – beautiful beach and headland with pretty blue flowers, with the conspicuous cliff of course….wonder where the Aussies got that name from?
Paul heading down to Conspicuous Beach
Conspicuous Beach
A Conspicuous Cliff?
Whale spotting at Conspicuous Beach