Down to the South West.

To get back on track we drove direct from Kalgoorlie to Esperance on the South coast. Arrived in Esperance and did the usual reccie for somewhere to eat. Found a hotel that was doing Sunday roast which was very good but we didn’t realise that it was karaoke night! Country music rules round here unless you’re aborigine then its Louis Armstrong! Graham reckoned that we had entered a time warp. On then to Albany where we managed to find a nice microbrewery called Tanglehead Brewing Company which Graham found very interesting but they didn’t any vacancies in the tasting department. We also visited Whaleworld which is an old whaling station and it tells all about the hunting, capture and rendering of whales less the smell.


We then headed on to Denmark. Here we decided that we would do the Wilson’s Inlet walk at 7.5km each way we thought that we would be able to just about manage it. However part of the track was flooded so we had to add another 2km to the distance. Still we did see our first snake in the wild and some lizards. It did get a bit scary when you could here rustling in the undergrowth but could never see anything. Next stop was Pemberton which is in a Karri forest. We could have done another treetop walk but after the Otway Flywalk I wasn’t that keen so instead we took a tram ride through the forest. The driver pointed out all the different species of trees and wild flowers and also told us how the forest was managed and all about the logging industry.

We then went up the coast to Busselton which is your typical bucket and spade beach just a lot longer than at home. Spent another Saturday watching AFL but it was the final. Go West Coast Eagles go!!!