Hi all So now we come to the most exciting part of our trip across Western Australia. Mine and Mand’s six year anniversary. Easily the longest one night stand of my life :o) But hey ho, I reckon we’re stuck with each other for the foreseeable future so it’s only right that we celebrate it when it comes round. I, as usual, was up first and was joined whether I liked it or not by Graham who seems to be singularly incapable of taking a hint and tal...

Hi allThe next morning saw Andy and Kimbers up early and disappearing off to Albany, while me and Mand decided we’d quite like to have a couple of days bimbling around Denmark. The fact that we had hangovers that made us wish we were dead had nothing to do with it.And bimble we did. Denmark is a delightfully sleepy little town where nothing moves above a snail’s pace. So much so that when we got into town at about 8.30 there was virtually nothing open...

Hi allSo we pulled into the beautiful sleepy little town of Denmark in mid afternoon and set about finding a cheap hostel, felling we deserved a bit of comfort for the coming drunkenness. Unfortunately, peak season had just started a couple of days before so instead of 30 bucks a room it was nearer 50. Too much for us poor mortals so we went and booked into the campsite. And it was beautiful. Right on the edge of an inlet complete with resident pelicans. It was g...

Hi allSo we arrived in Windy Harbour to find out it’s very well named. We also found out why our tents only cost 60 bucks. After attempting to set them up for quarter of an hour and watching in abject disgust as they simply folded in half regardless of how tight or how many guide ropes we pegged out, we decided to move to slightly more sheltered accommodation. We spotted a clump of bushes with a kind of clearing in the middle and with much huffing and puffi...

Hi allSo our objective for the day was to head off to the Gloucester Tree which is a 61 metre tree with huge metal spikes driven into it in a spiral shape to enable you to climb it. It’s not just for tourists though, it’s actually an old fire lookout point for spotting forest fires. I say old, it still gets used occasionally when the wind is too strong for choppers to go up as happened just a few years ago. But for now it’s just something for me...