Albany to Margaret River

An early start this morning, the air con only just kept the apartment warm. It’s a lovely spot near the water, views over the bay through the trees and the sun is out.

After breakfast, a tour ofctown and a refuel ($123 for Perth- Hyden- Albany) we find Middleton Beach for a coffee at Three Anchors Cafe – I rate it ☕️☕️☕️☕️ the coffee and the beach vibe is great.

On the way to Denmark we see a sign – ” Jesus is Wauting for You” . Please tell him I’m not ready, he can wait a while.

First stop is Denmark where we all agree its a really nice looking place, the further we go the more cattle we see, no crops, and the trees are getting bigger. Ocean Beach has a few surfers out in the break, past the brown line of tanin coloured water hitting the blue Great Souther Ocean. A few surfers say its cold ( no shit Sherlock!), and the swell isn’t big enough.

Next stop is the Valley of the Giants. Brilliant engineering to build the walkway amongst the huge trees. It is spectacular walking through the tops of these enormous trees. Some facts;

The treetop walk opened in 1996 and has attracted about 4.2m visitors ( till 2024)

We get to about 40 m high but the tree canopy gets to about 80m in height.

The walk is 650m long

Timber used in the structure and offices is Jarrah, Hoop Pine, Karridale and Red Tingle

The Tingle Forest is unique to south east WA and some plants can be traced back 65m years.

Lunch in Pemberton is nice, the honey pumpkin fetts frittata is especially nice. It’s another nice clean tidy town. In 2015 they shot the Jasper Jones movie in this town. It’s based in the fictional town of Corragin which is actually based on Corrigin.

As we driving into Margaret River the rain that The Navigator forecast starts (5 minutes early) and it buckets down on and off until late.

We have a lively unit close to the town centre, it will be nice to slow down for 2 nights.

Dinner at the pub then cards. It’s a close game but The Don gets the money right on the post.

Ciao from Margaret River

Pauolo