0930 (16126 km) Filled up.
0945 (16126 km) Left Busselton.
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| Bicentennial Karri tree |
1130 (16265 km) Pemberton. Bought some smoked produce from Holy Smoke. Looks and smells good.
1200 (16278 km) Bicentennial Tree. Had rolls for lunch. This tree was launched on the Bicentennial Year 1988. CK, MJ and MH climbed up to the middle platform. It was already quite high. MK & HM chickened out after 7-8m. HM's lack of exercise meant that her thighs were already feeling the effort and didn't want to risk wobbly legs on the precarious steps! The steps were just pegs driven into the tree. The top platform is 75 metres from the ground and on windy days can sway 1.5 metres either side. It was supposed to be used as a lookout tower for fires. The view was very good but the climb was scary.
1500 (16431 km) Valley of the Giants. We went on the Tree Top Walk. This was much easier than the Bicentennial Tree. This walk was a gradual climb on metal spans amongst the giant Red Tingle trees. We almost had our heads in the clouds. It was quite interesting that we had recently listened to the Roald Dahl story Giraffe, Pelly and Me where the Giraffe only ate the flowers from the Tingle Tingle trees. When we came back down to Earth, literally, we went to the Ancient Empire walk. The walk took us through a forest of Tingle and other interesting trees. The old Tingle trees had their base hollowed out by insects, fungi and fire. Some trees were so big that we could go into the base of the tree. One tree just formed an arch and we could walk right through it. In the past, there was a tree so large that a Ford car could drive into it. There is now a life size picture of a car where the kids could jump into back and appear to drive it.
1630 (16431 km) Left Valley of the Giants.
1745 (16543 km) Albany Gardens Holiday Resort. Site 39. Had dinner of crabs, lasagna and Indomie. Showed the kids how to eat crabs - messy but fun. The pliers came in handy.
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