It was time to leave Cheynes Beach and continue the adventure. We attempted to sneak out quietly at 0630 as we had a long day ahead…apart from Gordon knocking over an entire recycling bin full of beer bottles and waking up the whole neighbourhood 😁we were successful and headed towards Denmark.

A quick coffee stop at Ravens cafe in Denmark….very quaint and great coffee – then on to the Valley of the Giants.

The giant treetop walk took us through the tinglewood forest where the trees were enormous.

The suspension bridges up in the canopy were quite springy as Kerry found out thanks to Trev and Gordon’s bouncing and potentially could make the walker feel all at sea!

The tinglewood trees grow to an enormous height with huge buttresses that usually rot inside and then are burnt out by bushfires leaving a hollow section.

The next stop was the Gloucester Tree near Pemberton –  a 72 metre tall giant karri tree used as a fire watch tree – the second largest lookout of its kind in the world. It had steel rungs driven into its trunk that you could imb up to the top of the tree where there was a lookout platform. Trev, Gordon, Dave and I all climbed up to the top – the view from the top was 360° over the forest canopy…great for spotting bushfires.

The journey continued to Margaret River through magnificent gum forests….

We arrived at Big Valley Campsite a working farm that also accommodates campers. The facilities were great and really rustic – we set up quickly then enjoyed a bbq dinner under the stars.