After leaving Fernhook Falls we drove into Walpole and had a look around the town before going to the Hilltop Giant Tingle Tree which was 23 meters in curcumfance, then onto the Valley of the Giants Treetop Walk. We found a great spot for a couple of days, Shelley Beach which was 30km west of Albany. Shelley Beach is in the West Cape Howe National Park which is Western Australia's most southern point. We were right on the beach and had the place to ourselves...

We set off in morning and arrived at Pemberton, went to the visitors centre to get our bearings. Off we went first to the giant Gloucester Tree, which is 60metres high. You can climb it but we both opted not to. One woman, 65 years young, had had two knee reconstrutions and a hip replacement had climbed the tree in half and hour.The Gloucester Tree was chosen for a fire lookout in 1947, one of a network of lookouts built in the karri forest between 1937 and 1952....

After a relaxing weekend, we set off on Monday morning, still with rain and cold weather we headed off towards Margaret River. The drIve along coastal road via Dunsborough has so many wineries, it really was a lot to take in. Our destination was Evans & Tate winery, where we could stay for a couple of days for free, as we are CMCA members. After checking in and sampling their wines we set off for the afternoon. After studying the map and went to a couple more win...

On the Friday morning we drove down to Bunbury and went to the Bunbury Farmers Market. It is designed so well, as you walk into the entrance there is a cafe, then you walk into the produce section where there is a juice/smoothie bar. You can order a fresh juice to enjoy as you are shopping. Then onto the fish section, where there is someone cooking up samples of fish to try. Onto the meat section and lamb sausages are cooking, so yes we bought some of those. The ...

As we were packing up from our overnight stop over at Waroona Dam a school group arrived to do some canoeing on the dam, little did they know what they were in for. We needed some wood, as we had planned on cooking dinner in the camp oven. No sooner had we stopped and collected our firewood the skies opened up, we hadn't seen this much rain since we had left home. We drove up the coast road for a tour to Mandurah and arriving at the Leschenault Peninsula Con...