What Not to Miss in SW Western Australia - Part Two

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South of Perth

1. Margaret River area and Cape to Cape walks.

 Mouth of the Margaret R.

Spotless Dunsborough

Sugar Loaf Rock - home of the Red-tailed Tropic bird

Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse.

Canal Rocks

Sandy walking trail.

 

My maiden name is Cullen so I just had to pop in and say hi, over a glass of wine!

Busselton

 

1801 saw Frenchman Nicholas Baudin exploring and naming much of the coastline of WA.

Geographe Bay and the 2 km jetty.

 Dinner sunset - Mandurah

North of Perth

Yanchep - white sand, aqua sea.

Two Rocks beach.

Massive white sand dune near Cervantes

                                                                                Seaweed season - Cervantes

Lunch spot - Cervantes

World famous Pinnacles

These amazing natural limestone structures, some standing as high as 5 metres, were formed approx 25,000 to 30,000 years ago, after the sea receded and left deposits of sea shells. Over time, the coastal winds removed the surrounding sand, leaving the pillars exposed to the elements.

Sunrise - Lake Thetis, Cervantes

  

Lake Thetis, one of only 5 places in the world where living "Stromatolites", the oldest known living form of life on earth, can be found. Fossil remains of these organisms have been dated back to about 3.6 million years and are believed to be the basis of life as we know it.

Coalseam Conservation Park, Minginew

New Norcia - a Spanish Benedictine village, with a collection of churches and schools, built in 1846. Now only 17 monks.

Our final day was spent with cousin John sampling the vintages of the Swan Valley wineries.

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What not to miss in SW Western Australia - Part One

                                                    
1. Her long, empty, straight roads with vistas of rolling, green wheat and glistening, yellow canola      
    fields.

Somewhere between York and Brookton.

Lake Grace area

2. The dominating peak of Bluff Knoll in the Stirling Ranges. One of the highest peaks in WA with a 4    

    to 5 hour hike to its peak and back. Alas the hike didn't fit into our time frame, but we did enjoy the  
    views from the trail head.

3. Porongurup National Park with its granite balancing rocks, suspended walkway and vast views.

4. The 2700 million year old, 110 m long and 14 m high wave of the Hyden Rock.

 

5. The Tin Highway and other sculptures - what the wheat farmers do while waiting for the wheat to grow!

 Fillypoosis

And local history in sculpture.

6. King George Sound, Albany, especially at sunrise.

7. The Denmark River guarded by ghost gums at Denmark.

8. A herd of elephants bathing in the calm, clear waters of the Southern Ocean in William Bay National   

    Park.

9. Walking amongst the tree tops of the majestic Kauri gums, on the tree top walk, in the Valley of the     

    giants.

11. Sunrise visit to the 60 m tall Kauri - The Gloucester Tree - at Pemberton. This tree was once one of thirteen 'eye in the sky' trees for the forestry fire service.

12. Bi-centennial Tree, 15 min drive from Pemberton - 75 m high and another of the 'eye in the sky'

      lookouts.

 Road in.

13. Just outside Manjimup we were in awe of the girth of the King Jarrah gum.

14. The reflections at One Tree Bridge, the foaming rush of the Blackwood River and its tranquil arrival at Augusta are not to be forgotten.

Blackwood River, Hardy Inlet, Port Augusta

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