The Cape is a coastal National Park with around 3 or 4 beaches, which were the most beautiful beaches I have ever seen with lovely turquoise ocean water lapping upon their shore. Sadly for us it was late Autumn when we visited and there was a definite chill in the air so swimming was out of the question. But the beaches, oh the beaches. They were amazingly white and so fine that when walking upon the wet sands it sounded, and felt, like we walking on snow. This is a definite hidden gem of Australia not being well publicised at all, but I suppose that keeps it pristine unlike the Eastern Australia beaches. When, or if, I return to Australia I want to revisit this whole South West Corner in the summer.
Not quite sure which beach is which but above are a few pictures of the beaches we came across in Cape Le Grand. As you can tell the weather wasn't brilliant.
We walked up a really big rock/hill and this was the view I got of the National Park.
After a nights camping in Cape Le Grand we headed West to Albany and then onto another nights camping in a national park near Pemberton. Between Albany and the campsite we paid $6 for the pleasure of a tree top walk, which was a good few feet below the tops of the tallest trees, but still the views were good. We then headed half-an-hour-or-so down the road and paid $0 for a tree climb. The Gloucester Tree is the tallest tree in the area standing at 60 feet and some bright spark decided to build a tree house at the top with spiralling metal poles horizontally stuck into it going all the way from top to bottom. If I had reached this first I wouldn't have even bothered paying for the tree top walk, this was a far superior experience with far superior views.
The Gloucester Tree, and the view from the top.
After camping near Pemberton we headed straight to Margaret River where, after staying a few nights in the YHA we moved into a cabin at the local caravan park. Margaret River is pleasant enough but it is very small, there is no cinema and the pubs shut at midnight on the weekend. There are dozens of vineyards in the area so for the last couple of weeks we have been wine tasting on Sundays. Having only started pruning a week ago, but working since my arrival, I plan to stay till the end of the month saving a little more dough before heading North to Perth and warmer climates.
So now I'm finally up to date with my blog I'm sure I'll post again before I leave though. Wish me good vines to prune.
