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Highlights - 6
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Margaret River to Pembertion
Well it wouldn't be a complete trip if Laurie didn't loose all or part of his sunglasses. Yes, another prescription lens bites the dust! |
Cape Leeuwin
This is the most south westerly point in Australia and the point where the Indian and Southern Ocean's meet
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 The lighthouse built in 1895 is 40m high
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 After the Capes Horn and Good Hope, this is the next most treacherous shipping passage in the World
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 Where the Indian and Southern Oceans meet.
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the Southern Forests we find the huge Jarrah trees
The nerve racking climb to the top of the 60m high Diamond Tree Fire Lookout is not for the faint-hearted
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A great welcome at the Glenhaven B&B
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 Our hosts for the night Jim & Jackie Merriman
...port and chocolates in the evening and a fabulous cooked breakfast. We can thoroughly recommend: |
To the east of the south-western capes and the karri forest is the vast Great Southern region of Western Australia's south coast, stretching from Walpole to Esperance. The area is renown for its spectacular beaches and some of the best mountainous national parks in Australia. Most notable are the Stirling Range and the Porongorups. We start our drive across the Great Southern with a day from Pemberton to Albany..... The Giant Tingle Tree  ...it's big! |
Valley of the Giants
As we drove the road to the Valley of the Giants almost brushing the Tolkienesque trees that crowd up to the road, a sense of anticipation builds. |
 The 600m long walkway takes you high up into the tree canopy some 40m above the ground providing stunning views and a few heart-in-the-mouth moments as the height and the wobble and sway of the gantry occur. |
 an Ent !! |
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Green's Pool & Elephants Rocks
Jim at Pemberton had recommended that we visit here. As you can see it was crowded! |
 Green's Pool |
 Elephants Rocks |
 on the way to Albany |
Albany Established before Perth in 1826, Albany is the oldest European settlement in WA. Albany has pristine beaches and a rugged coastline. It was a thriving whaling port until the late 1970's  Proud of its heritage a keen to preserve it's past. This is a replica of the brig that brought the first settlers to Albany.
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 It really is this quiet.
beautiful old buildings |
| Our hotel (Vancouver House) was on the historic Sterling Terrace
John & Linda looked after us and spoilt us rotten, with fabulous breakfasts and more teddy bears than a picnic. Highly Recommended:
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 We even had morning tea in bed, with a carnation! |
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Torndirrup National Park
The Natural Bridge |
 The Gap |
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 fabulous sea and sky |
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 Stony Hill |
 The old Cheynes Beach Whaling Station has been turned into a museum to the whaling industry. |
 The skeleton of a pigmy blue whale. The full-size one is half as big again. |
 the gruesome head saw, for cutting of the whale's head |
 'well, hello sailor' |
 'what's down here?' |
We finished the day at the wind farm that powers Albany.
not surprisingly it was windy (and quite cold) |
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We REALLY enjoyed Albany.
A very picturesque town, proud of its history and preserving and
presenting it well.
Vancouver House was a real indulgence and we were thoroughly spoilt by John and Linda. We even purchased one of Linda's fabulous fruit cakes. |
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