Thursday 1st November 2018 - We woke to the birds singing amongst the trees, had breakfast before driving into Manjimup to re-stock and re-fuel. Then we went in search of the Diamond Tree a tall Jarrah tree where you can climb to a height 49 metres to a lookout.

We attempted to climb the 49 metres but found this a difficult task as the spiral stairs that wound around the tree were just long thin threaded spikes that had been driven into the trunk with some chicken wire strung around the edge and over the top of the spikes. This made the climb hard and if honest a bit scary, had we been twenty years younger we might have made it. Instead we sat at the bottom and watched as the younger ones made the climb.

Next, back to Manjimup to take look around where we found a wood cutter who had made some beautiful pieces from a variety of different trees especially the locally grown Jarrah and Karri trees and a butchers where we bought a very nice beef pie that we had for dinner.

As we made our way back towards camp we were side tracked by a stop at The Truffle & Wine Co. where we couldn't resist sampling some wine. This company are not only known for their wine but more for their truffles as they are the single largest producer of Black Truffles in the Southern Hemisphere. Needless we didn't leave empty handed, we bought a chardonnay & truffle oil.

Then we sided tracked again as our next stop was at Jarrah Jacks brewery where Phil sampled an English Bitter beer as we sat taking in the beautiful scenery of the vineyard with its lake and forest. Then we finally headed back to camp for the evening.

Friday 2nd November 2018 - The started out damp and dismal with a light fog hanging above the trees and this is what we did today:

Stopped in Pemberton to have a look around this small country town.

Drove to the Gloucester tree, a giant Karri tree that can be climbed to a height of 58 metres and was used as a lookout to spot bush fires. We didn't attempt to climb this tree as the rungs looked wet and slippery so we went for a walk instead along the forest trail with its flowering plants lining the route and birds flitting across the track. We saw Western Rosellas, White Robins, Pardalotes and Red-Winged Fairy-wrens.

Visited the Cascades with its water rushing over the stepped rocks bubbling into the pools below surrounded by Karri trees and flowering plants. As we walked around the loop trail it started to rain so we headed back to the carpark.

Drove to the Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree another Karri tree that you can climb this time to a height of 75 metres, was also used to spot bush fires and has six platforms with some vertical ladders to get to the top tiers. I'll let you guess on whether we climbed this one or not! We walked around the Heatbreak Trail that took us down to the bottom of the valley to the Warren River with more beautiful Karris trees and a Musk Duck taking a swim.

Revisited the Jarrah Jack Brewery for another beer before stopping and taking a walk to the edge of the Big Brook Dam a huge fresh water lake with a sandy beach and then finally a drive back to camp.

Saturday 3rd November 2018 - Up early to another chilly morning, had breakfast, packed up and left this beautiful spot in the forest to make the pretty drive with its tall trees and colourful wildflowers that lined the route along the to arrive at Northcliffe, the gateway to the D'Entrecasteaux National Park.

On arrival at our campsite we set up camp surrounded by trees and birds, made a picnic lunch before setting of again and making our way into the D'Entrecasteaux National Park and drove to:

Windy Harbour a nice bay with sandy beaches with a lovely hamlet of holiday homes on a Crown reserve surrounded by the D'Entrecasteaux National Park. After a short walk to the beach we moved further around the bay to see Cathedral that marks the end of the beach.

The Lighthouse at Point D'Entrecasteaux that had remained one of the last traditional lighthouses in Australia until 1989 when at that time it was upgraded to Solar. We parked and walked along the tack to a natural limestone bridge that had formed a window at the edge of the cliff where you can look through to the ocean below.

Tookulup lookout where we sat and had our lunch watching a number of Humpback wshales breaching and playing in the blue water of the ocean beyond.

Salmon beach at the foot of the limestone cliffs where we walked along a narrow track between the dunes covered in wildflowers that came out onto a long sandy beach with pounding surf. We set up our chairs and spent some time relaxing in the sunshine before taking the scenic drive back through heathlands that led into the Karri forest that surrounded Mt Chudalup.

Mt Chudalup is a huge granite rocky outcrop 187 metres above sea level that gave panoramic views over the D'Entrecasteaux National Park and the white sand dunes that ran along the coast. We made the steep climb to the summit making our way amongst the rocks and the different species of lichen and moss growing in the damp conditions there. The view from the summit was lovely overlooking the canopies of the Karri trees swaying in the breeze and then made our way back down and heading back to camp.