A change in the weather thanks to the arrival of what's left of cyclone Olwyn - it's a cloudy rainy day in most of WA but not too bad here. We sheltered at Mrs Jones and bought some treats from the local bakery. Fraser then had a haircut. We watched a DVD (Johnny English) after lunch - thanks Keisha - and then went fishing with some of our frozen pipis from Coffin Bay. They still work with Mum catching a crab, I caught some whiting and Dad some small bream. ...

Today we drove to Walpole, visiting a fudge factory on the way. We enjoyed the Tree Top Walk in the Valley of the Giants near Walpole. The trees here are red and yellow tingle trees which grow to about 70 metres tall and can have a circumference of over 20 metres at the base. At the top of the walk we were about 40 metres above the ground. We had a snorkel at Greens Pool on the way back to caravan park.

We spent most of today completing our schoolwork for the fortnight ready to post off tomorrow. It's good to be able to fit it in between activities and our travelling. Mum and I finished the day in the surf while the boys went fishing (no luck) and birdwatching (saw a spoonbill) - with some good birds on the offshore trip they now have 115 species recorded for the trip.

Here's a view of Ocean Beach so you can see why we're back in Denmark. We've not had a bad day in the surf here yet and enjoyed a couple hours boogie boarding and bodysurfing after setting up camp. Some kite surfers were busy doging us as they sped up and down the beach. Today we passed 10,000 km for the trip.

While Mum and I had a relaxing day in Albany the boys headed about 40 km offshore from Bremer Bay on a killer whale watching tour. After a long day at sea they returned home excited at the great experience they had, although I doubt poor Fraser will ever become a sailor - he was still sick when they arrived back in Albany after dark.