We had hoped to make it to Busselton tonight however WA is a lot bigger than I always imagine. We didn't get a very early start and took the tourist drive west to Denmark, stopping to have a look at Cosy Corner beach, a lovely spot to camp in future.
Back onto Highway 1, over hills on country roads, past dairy farms, through tall gum forests, past little cottage industries like olive farms, cheese makers, ice creameries, why did we not leave more time for these?
We found The Valley of the Giants for our lunch spot. The South West is famous for it's forests and this one did not disappoint. These massive gums are characterised by there huge girths which become hollowed out at their bases by fire and rot. There is a tree top walk however we were happy to just do the ground level walk past and through many of these giants.
We really had not made it that far this morning and it was at least another 3 hrs on to Busselton so we had a look at the map and found a great little spot off the road between Balingup and Nannup called Wright's Bridge. There is a honesty box for the National Parks. It's very peaceful here amongst the gums and we're the only ones here. We were able to have sausages on an open fire!
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