My trip to Walpole or "the vally of the giants" as its called due to some of the worlds largest trees being in the surounding forests..

Left Nannup on the EasyRider bus, got picked up around 10, Bobby who I met in Dunsbourgh over xmas was on the bus heading to Walpole with me which was cool !

The bus took us into a Winery on the way, I tasted a few wines, and felt a bit ropey right away, think it was to close to breakfast time !!

Me and Bobby at the winery...to early !

Another stop of on the way was the Gloucester Tree, the world largest climing tree at over 60 meters, the driver told us only 2% of people who intend to climb the tree actually do it...I wasnt letting that stop me, even though about half way up the tree starts to sway as the weather was pretty grim, very windy, had to pass a few people fozen with fear about 3/4 of the way up...anyway worth it when I got to the top, amazing views of the forrest. it used to be used as a fire lookout, so its the tallest one for miles.

Gloucester tree

Gloucester tree

View from the top

Had a tee-total night the evening, couldnt even look at a bottle of wine without feeling sick :-(

the next day, went on an eco cruise, which everyone was raving about, even lonley planet gave said it cant be missed, so we gave it a shot.

The guy running it was a total comedian, it was like a comedy show and eco tour at the same time !

another bloody beach

at the Beach

Saw the Walpole inlet, which is amzing and untouched by the logging industry.

the inlet

The boat took us the most stunning beach, (im running out of superaltives here) unreachable by foot, not a sole on it, the waves were some of largest ive seen, and the forrest came down to meet the cliffs !

Amazing Beach

The Beach

After the cruise, spent the afternoon at the beach topping up my amazing tan (yeah right)

The tan or lack of it...what a joke, 8 weeks in Australia and I still look like the milky bar kid !
at least I havnt burnt though..unlike some people, Ive seen a few people who needed hospitalising...grim...

The River

Me and Bob on the tour !

tried to stay up for the football, Liverpool Vs Arseanl, swapped the wine for the coffee at about 2.30am, waited for ages for it to start, then must have passed out, woke up to see them go 2-0 down, then must have passed out again, woke up in the morning to find out they lost 3-1, not the best !

anyway the next day rolled on to Denmark.

written by  tomrendell on January 8, 2007 from Walpole, Australia
from the travel blog: Western Australia !!!
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Evening Tom - Lovely - a new entry. Love the pics. (Do you want me to let you about your spelling mistakes here or in a private email??).

You look quite tanned in the photo climbing up the Gloucester tree, no worries!!

Love Mum xx

written by  lynda rendell on January 8, 2007

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