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| Coffee Colour water |
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| Tree top Walk, Oliver no where to be seen |
Our first day in Walpole was awake early and off to see the
many things there are to do in Walpole. We were originally going to stay in
Pemberton but had heard from our other traveling friends the Lorimers that they
had stayed in Walpole.
We started out doing the Knoll drive, which is right near our caravan park, and you can see Nornalup Inlet, a very pretty beach area, and had recently had a lot of damage due to bad storms.
We moved right along and drove to the Giant Tingle Tree, well these are very impressive,different to Karri trees, as they are a lot wider and this Giant
Tingle tree was 20 metres in diameter and we could all go inside the tingle tree, it was still alive. This is what happens with tingle trees, they can spilt and still remain alive. The Giant Tingle Tree was approx 300 years old, just amazing. Next stop was a drive to the Circular pool, sounds interesting doesn’t it. We walk down to the area to view the circular pool and it’s where the falls come down and move in of course a circular motion. Not only that the water coming down the falls is like a cappuccino maker. The color of the water is like coffee. So from a distance it’s a giant coffee being made and then the froth comes down and moves in a circular motion therefore the name circular pool obviously came about. On the road again and its to Mt.Frankland, no not the water company either, this was a walk and Mark and Dylan did this one while Oliver, Lily and I would to the shorter one, however we get there and its closed. The longer one was open so Mark and Dylan took off to do that one. Dylan apparently slipped on this hike up a ladder at the end of the Mountain and took the skin off the top of his foot. He managed and we fixed it up at our next spot Fernhook Falls. We had decided to stop here, do the first aid thing and have lunch as well. We thought lets have lunch in the sun but it was a little warm today, going to get to 31 deg. Lunch under cover was the way to go. We were on a schedule today and Mark had said we need to leave here by 2pm so we could move on. After lunch we walked down to the viewing area to see the Fernhook Falls, and again we could see the coffee colour in the water. Back to the car and now we were headed to where everyone wanted to go the Tree Top Walk. We knew we had to be there by 4pm as it closes at 5pm and we left Fernhook Falls by 2pm, yes we hoped plenty of time. A tour bus had turned up just in front of us, and was quite busy. We all started out with the slight walk up the steel bridge. The kids read the important signs saying, NO MORE THEN 20 PEOPLE ON THE SPAN AND 10 PEOPLE ON THE PLATFORM, the span being the walkway and then you get to a platform. Well this made Oliver a little concerned and we got a little higher and higher and then he counts, oh no we can’t go on the platform yet it has 7 people, we can only have 3 of us go on. He didn’t like to look down either and Lily was the same, just hold me mummy she was saying. We thought of my dad, and wondered if he would do this as heights is not his favorite thing. I guess Oliver might have got that from him. Oliver scooted along ahead not stopping and couldn’t wait to get off the walk. We reached the highest point above the trees, which was 30 metres, and even then we weren’t above all the trees anyway. The trees are just amazing so huge. A memory plaque is on the walk for a worker who died constructing it. After taking many photos from the Tree Top Walk and finishing it, you can do it again if you wish. Well Oliver and Lily weren’t keen so I stayed with them and Mark and Dylan did it again. Oh forgot to mention not only is it 3o metres high but also it also wobbles, so when the gusts of wind come along it was moving like having sea legs, I guess. We walked around and went exploring through the information area and the shop. After Mark and Dylan got back we went through to Ancient Trees and could see all the very old trees, similar to the tingle tree were saw earlier. After a day of touring and sight seeing and stop off at the shop for ice-cream time was in order and a drive back to camp. Tonight we had a kookaburra come sit on our chair and didn’t want to go away, kangaroos were right beside the tent nibbling at the grass and an unknown creature appeared, and thought it was a giant rat or a Quokka. After putting a photo on facebook and Ricey telling me it was the rat from Barmah that was in our tent about 2 years ago and now it’s a giant, and its been lucky enough to have been on a trip around Australia, certainly made us laugh. We investigated and found out that it was a Bandicoot. Early night and off again tomorrow. Lovely town Walpole, another I would recommend.
We started out doing the Knoll drive, which is right near our caravan park, and you can see Nornalup Inlet, a very pretty beach area, and had recently had a lot of damage due to bad storms.
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| The Bridge on the Tree Top Walk |
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| Oliver measuring himself up against another Giant at the Tree Top Walk. Aaron Sandilands is 211cm and Oliver measured around 147cm |
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| Up above the Trees on the Tree Top Walk |
We moved right along and drove to the Giant Tingle Tree, well these are very impressive,different to Karri trees, as they are a lot wider and this Giant
Tingle tree was 20 metres in diameter and we could all go inside the tingle tree, it was still alive. This is what happens with tingle trees, they can spilt and still remain alive. The Giant Tingle Tree was approx 300 years old, just amazing. Next stop was a drive to the Circular pool, sounds interesting doesn’t it. We walk down to the area to view the circular pool and it’s where the falls come down and move in of course a circular motion. Not only that the water coming down the falls is like a cappuccino maker. The color of the water is like coffee. So from a distance it’s a giant coffee being made and then the froth comes down and moves in a circular motion therefore the name circular pool obviously came about. On the road again and its to Mt.Frankland, no not the water company either, this was a walk and Mark and Dylan did this one while Oliver, Lily and I would to the shorter one, however we get there and its closed. The longer one was open so Mark and Dylan took off to do that one. Dylan apparently slipped on this hike up a ladder at the end of the Mountain and took the skin off the top of his foot. He managed and we fixed it up at our next spot Fernhook Falls. We had decided to stop here, do the first aid thing and have lunch as well. We thought lets have lunch in the sun but it was a little warm today, going to get to 31 deg. Lunch under cover was the way to go. We were on a schedule today and Mark had said we need to leave here by 2pm so we could move on. After lunch we walked down to the viewing area to see the Fernhook Falls, and again we could see the coffee colour in the water. Back to the car and now we were headed to where everyone wanted to go the Tree Top Walk. We knew we had to be there by 4pm as it closes at 5pm and we left Fernhook Falls by 2pm, yes we hoped plenty of time. A tour bus had turned up just in front of us, and was quite busy. We all started out with the slight walk up the steel bridge. The kids read the important signs saying, NO MORE THEN 20 PEOPLE ON THE SPAN AND 10 PEOPLE ON THE PLATFORM, the span being the walkway and then you get to a platform. Well this made Oliver a little concerned and we got a little higher and higher and then he counts, oh no we can’t go on the platform yet it has 7 people, we can only have 3 of us go on. He didn’t like to look down either and Lily was the same, just hold me mummy she was saying. We thought of my dad, and wondered if he would do this as heights is not his favorite thing. I guess Oliver might have got that from him. Oliver scooted along ahead not stopping and couldn’t wait to get off the walk. We reached the highest point above the trees, which was 30 metres, and even then we weren’t above all the trees anyway. The trees are just amazing so huge. A memory plaque is on the walk for a worker who died constructing it. After taking many photos from the Tree Top Walk and finishing it, you can do it again if you wish. Well Oliver and Lily weren’t keen so I stayed with them and Mark and Dylan did it again. Oh forgot to mention not only is it 3o metres high but also it also wobbles, so when the gusts of wind come along it was moving like having sea legs, I guess. We walked around and went exploring through the information area and the shop. After Mark and Dylan got back we went through to Ancient Trees and could see all the very old trees, similar to the tingle tree were saw earlier. After a day of touring and sight seeing and stop off at the shop for ice-cream time was in order and a drive back to camp. Tonight we had a kookaburra come sit on our chair and didn’t want to go away, kangaroos were right beside the tent nibbling at the grass and an unknown creature appeared, and thought it was a giant rat or a Quokka. After putting a photo on facebook and Ricey telling me it was the rat from Barmah that was in our tent about 2 years ago and now it’s a giant, and its been lucky enough to have been on a trip around Australia, certainly made us laugh. We investigated and found out that it was a Bandicoot. Early night and off again tomorrow. Lovely town Walpole, another I would recommend.
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| The Giant Tingle Tree |
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