Walpole

We are really getting into this holiday mode – today we travelled about 120k and it took most of the day.

We got up early this morning (6.00 a.m.) to get a sunrise photo across Walpole Inlet from Rest Point.

 

 

 

Even one of the locals got in on the photos. The inlet is a very popular fishing and boating area since it opens onto the sea.

 

 

This is Conspicuous Beach taken from Conspicuous Cliff. This is one of the most beautiful beaches on the south coast.

 

 

The Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk is not to be missed.  It is the longest tree top walkway in the world  rising 40 meters above the forest floor.

 

The Karri and Tingle trees grow to a height of 50 meters and are over 700 years old. Makes the 4WD in the photo look like a matchbox toy.

 

 

In the Ancient Empire Walk, the Tingle trees have a girth of up to 24 meters. This is one tree and you can walk through it. There was a Tingle tree here that you could drive a car through.

This is Circular Pool where the water looks like coffee – swirling foam and brown coloured water from the tannins leaching from the vegetation.

 

Mandalay Beach takes its name from the Norwegian ship wrecked here in 1911. The remains of the ship can be seen  every 10 years, only to be reclaimed by the sea.