Day 88. Pancakes in our van for breakfast and then we set off to Esperance via a shortcut along Jerdacuttup Road. So many beautiful new wildflowers we just had to stop several times to explore and take photos. The sweet smell of the canola crops wafted through the air together with the wildflowers perfume. We arrived into Esperance on lunchtime and checked into the large shady Esperance Seafront CP with a beautiful view of the Esperance Bay and tanker jetty. Str...

Day 87. We took the Chester Pass Road out of Albany early today for the drive through the magnificent Stirling Ranges National Park which has been on our horizon for the past few days. The whole range was covered in heath-like wildflowers and the 1095m Bluff Knoll stood out. Stopped in tiny Jerramungup for picnic lunch in the park, the undulating country so lovely and green and yellow with wheat and canola. Then onto the South West Highway to historic town of Ra...

Day 86. A lazy day exploring Albany and the nearby Torndirrup National Park. In the morning we toured the National Anzac Centre for a very personal and moving account of the Anzac legend. Also the Convoy Walk showing the details and photos of the ships which anchored in the King George Sound in 1914 before departing with over 41,000 troops to Gallipoli, Palestine and the Western Front. The old fortress museum with its gun placements and the Avenue of Honour also...

Day 85. Up early and after breakfast we left our van in the NP and drove up to see the ancient giant Tingle tree near Walpole. Beautiful forest road for 6km with giant trees and then a walk for 800m, the 450 year old Tingle tree was enormous with a girth of 24m and we could even walk inside it! Hitched up the van and then onto pretty town of Denmark for morning coffee in the Coffee Roasters Cafe. Beautiful shady park by the river, so much care taken in these lit...

Day 84. This morning we drove through spectacular tall forest country from Pemberton through tiny Northcliffe to tiny village of Walpole in the Walpole-Nornalup National Park. Before reaching Walpole around lunchtime we noticed a large burnt out section of forest along the highway from bushfires in March. Phone calls this morning for Father's Day, so lovely to also hear our little grandsons Jack (4) and Lachie (3) on the phone. We are staying in a National Park ...