Monday, December 6, 2010

South West WA National Parks - Parry's Beach to Albany

Shelly Beach is near the most southwesterly region of WA. Another lovely isolated beach...






An outstanding feature of this coastline is the amount and variety of birdlife. From beautiful Blue Wrens to these Pelicans and many more...This shot was at Crusoe Beach an isolated off the track place we visited...




Here's the princess at Elephant Rocks area. The water colour is beautiful...











Next to Green's Pool is Elephant Rocks...can you see the elephant shape? Pretty cool...we spent a few hours exploring the area - very nice...





One of my (Tom's) favourite spots - Greens pool near Denmark WA...






A little further on from Parry's Beach is the sand of Salmon Beach. No we didn't swim here either!! The whole of the SW of WA coast is very scenic and spectacular with the Southern Ocean waves pounding away at the shorelines...




Just behind this beach was our campsite. Called Parry's Beach it was a bargain at $7 per night. Too cold for the cowardly Durnin's to swim at around 23 degrees...









Near Walpole WA is the 'Valley of the Giants' - Karri trees that is. This platform that Sam and Joey are on is 40m high at its peak and there are plenty of trees that are much higher than it. A magnificent scene for people to see...








The base of this giant Tingle Tree near Pemberton WA has a circumference of 91ft (about 30m). The hollowed section is a result of attack from fungi, insects and fire. It is very much still alive.









Preparing for the climb, Lee and Joey. Lee went all the way to the top. Go girl - we're proud of you!!










The mighty Gloucester Tree near Walpole WA is a major drawcard for obvious reasons. This 61m giant is the worlds largest 'forest fire tree lookout'. It is an awesome sight from the ground and provides a spectacular view when scaled to the summit where a platform is built. It was previously used to sight bushfires in the region...







Here's Sam on a monster tree (Jarrah) log at Nannup in the centre of the Southwest area. A pretty forested area surrounds the township...very pleasant place. We caught up with Joey's teacher from Kalkie SS Mrs (Joan) McNickle and hubby Peter whilst there...

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