On the Road Again Perth Odessey 2010

Day 30

4/9/2010

A BIG day today, the tree top walk at Walpole and BIG TREES.  There are so many superlatives one could throw at what we have seen today and to pick one or two certainly would not do justice to this majestic sight.

One of our long time dreams has been to walk the canopy of some of the largest trees in the world and today we did it, walking 40 metres above the ground on a moving footbridge was exciting to say the least.  Branches from trees over 1 metre in diameter have been cut off 40 metres above the ground, can you imagine the size of that tree. There were Red Tingles, White Tingles, Karri and scores of others I simply do not know their names, however, they were great, We took our time and savoured the experience (by now you should have an idea we thought it was ok).  Once the tree top walk was completed we walked the Emperors Walk around the base of these beauties, burnt out sections so large up to 30 people can stand in them, the base of some of these trees would be plus 20 metres, yes, you did read correctly.  

After pulling ourselves away from these proud majestic tall trees it was off to Denmark to see the world’s largest working barometer on show at the Denmark Tourist Information Centre.  Standing about 12 metres high, at the top one can read the barometric pressure, it was fantastic, (Google worlds biggest barometer to get the full info).

We were going to camp out tonight but left our run too late and had to settle for Happy Days Caravan Park on the King River on the outskirts of Albany (34’56’158s   117’54’095e), as it was dark when we arrived I’ll let you know tomorrow how it is.

 Weather report: only rained while we were driving and setting up our camp tonight, apart from that it has been a very pleasant day with the sun shining about 18 degrees.

Baby front:  Please pray for our little family as they are doing it very hard, with only a few days before they are due to head back to Christmas Island, Thomas is still not settling at night and with little sleep they are almost at their wits end.  This is very hard for us as we can do nothing to help.

Catch you tomorrow

John & Sheryle