Walpole Wilderness Resort

... in der Gegend des Walpole-Nornalup-Nationalparks versteht man, wenn man unter den riesigen Karri- und Tingle-Baeumen steht. Der Treetop Walk fuehrt auf 38m Hoehe bis in die Kronen der Riesen. Viele der Baeume sind durch Feuer ausgehoehlt und wachsen trotzdem unbeirrlich weiter. Im Giant Tingle hat schon so manches Auto geparkt - doch die Wurzeln der grossen Baeume verlaufen flach unter der Oberflaeche. Seit der beruehmteste Baum durch die ...

... Ma si sa, le classiche trappole per turisti deludono sempre. In compenso abbiamo trovato un altro bel posto dove campeggiare in mezzo agli alberi, e questa volta siamo anche andati un po' in giro per la foresta a raccattare un po' di legna per fare un bel fuoco. Una bella cenetta con un po' di vino davanti al caldo del fuoco nel bel mezzo del nulla di una foresta, e' sempre un piacere. Non e' che ci sia un granche' da fare a Walpole a parte la gia ...

... old township. We quickly settled on a site and left the van without setting it up keen to see as much as we could that day. We drove to Northcliffe, our first stop of a triangle tour we hastily organised over morning tea. A playground with a maze caught our attention there and the kids with Greg lost far too much of the day there playing snakes n ladders and an addition game, whilst I sat in the car reading all the info ...

... at Forest Hill and his secondary school was Nunawading High that was eventually absorbed by Forest Hill Secondary College my first teaching position! I made lunch for the kids in the car-park and brought it into the restaurant of the expansive manicured gardens. The cellar door was below a second story where the restaurant overlooked a natural amphitheatre of rolling green hill. The dessert was divine, the red wine exquisite and the maitre d let the kids take ...

... of the tree is so wide that they end up hollow in the middle from bush fires and growing out so much. This particular giant tingle you can basically park a vehicle inside of it and there are photo's on display of years gone by, of people doing exactly that. The red tingle tree can grow 20 metres in girth and 75 metres in height. The yellow tingle can grow to 35metres in height and the rates tingle grows to 60 ...

... A beautiful peninsula where the granite coastline is battered by the joining of the Indian and Southern oceans. I walked down a trail around the lighthouse to a spot which is apparently a great place for whale watching, but I didn't have any luck today. Then into the Karri forest and the Walpole wildness which is also referred to as "Tall Timber Country", this area encompasses many national parks including Beedelup, Warren, Gloucester ...

... still need to get down without falling to a messy death. (Never let it be said we don't use artistic license to dramatise our stories). After waking up to the sounds of nature rustling in the long grass we set about driving to the Valley of the Giants and the Tree Top Walk just down the road in Walpole. Not much we can say except that it's a really nice way to spend a few hours walking the around the tree top ...

... along beside us for a while but at a safe distance! We are heading for pemberton until we get there... it's a tiny uphill one street town with wooden houses and surrounded by saw mills and forests. No difficulties deciding what the locals do around here! Don't think Australia will ever be short of wood! Theres an old steam train as you pull into town but that gave up pulling anything years ago. Infact it looks like years ...

Comme le travail est très difficile à trouver, nous laissons tomber cet idée pour nous consacrer pleinement à la découverte du Sud-Ouest. Il semble en effet plus simple de trouver du travail à Perth, nous consacrerons donc un maximum de temps à travailler dès notre arrivée sur place. En attendant, profitons au maximum! Nous d ...

... it was just an avoidance strategy. Silvio took a blade of grass and gently poked at him, and it then became quite apparent that the lizard was very much alive. He opened his mouth wide and stuck his tongue out at us. I got a picture an backed away, with Silvio assuring me there was no danger, but I wasn't taking any chances! We stopped for groceries at the Augusta Foodland on the way out of town. Found the burrito package riz without problem, seems to be in every grocery ...