After the lighthouse at Cape Leeuwin,we took our time heading to Pemberton and stopped to stretch our legs at Beedelup Falls and got our first experience of really big trees, walking the 2km or so to the walk through tree.
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| Beedelup Falls |
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| Not much flow in summer |
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| Walk through tree |
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| View of the lake - some nice looking chalets here. |
We didn't really have a plan of attack of where to go or stay in Pemberton but the Warren River had good kayaking and there were a few bush campsites along the banks. Lawrie was very keen to try one of these out so we didn't take the time to look around the first area, instead moving on to the second area (which the National Park guide said had "kayak launching" facilities and not much else). The track in was a loop so to head back to the first area (with water!) would be around 20km further and in the end we stayed there pretty much on our own. The area kind of grew on us after a few days (even with swimming in the cold river for a bath!).
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| Warren River from our camping area |
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| Flowers starting near our site |
On Tuesday we did the Warren River Loop Walk (around 10km) up to the Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree (fire lookout) and back. The view from the top was great however the pegs (roof bolts) were widely spaced around the tree and vertically. Kitty got about 10m up and softed out so Lawrie left Kitty down below for the climb. The walk took us past the first camping area which had the same launching steps as our site...a bit of a bummer as this wasn't in the parks guide.
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| Marianne North Tree - named for a famous wildlife artist |
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| Bicentennial Tree - middle platform 25m, top 68m |
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| View to D'Entrecasteaux National Park |
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| Looking down - where's Kitty? |
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| Full zoom... |
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| Warren River from the other campsite |
Our final day was spent driving along the Karri Explorer, a tourist drive with stops at at the Diamond Tree and Gloucester tree for Lawrie to conquer. We happened across a great little cidery (Mountford Wines / Tangletoe Cider) on the way back who produce organic cider in many different styles and picked up a six pack for later. The building here was beautiful and they had an art exhibition upstairs and a lovely dog to pat as we arrived.
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| Lorikeets at Gloucester Tree |
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| Big Brook dam - our lunch stop |
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| Kitty with a non-climbing tree |
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| View out across farmland from the Gloucester Tree |
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| View down the tree |
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| Getting closer to the bottom! |
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| Millennium Tree |
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| Upstairs at Mountford Wines |
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