Today we left Margaret River, after having a delicious breakfast at a bakery in town [eggs benedict panino: genius!] We take a meandering drive down the coast, making our way to the Valley of the Giants: a forest with 400 year old tingle and karri trees, complete with a tree-top walk. The walk is pretty amazing, even if we're 40 meters above the ground and the walkway is swaying...it's a fascinating and beautiful way to experience a forest. The light and sound changes with every meter of ascent, as does the breeze, and of course, my comfort level. I'm not really afraid of heights, it's just that my legs know I'm not really supposed to be up that high.
There is hardly anyone around at these sites, and I guess it's because it's wintertime - though that means it's 60 degrees instead of 90, so really, a nice change from the tropics.
No 'roos today, though we see plenty of signs for "'roo crossing." Maybe tomorrow?
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| Farmhouses in Western Australia look eerily like houses in Falmouth, Jamaica... |
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| Giant trees along the Bibbulmun Track, Wester Australia. |
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| Treetop walk through the tingle forest, Western Australia. |
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| In the canopy! Western Australia. |
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| Back on the ground, looking up: tingle and karri trees, Western Australia. |
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