Leaving the Margaret river region we headed along the coast road through the kilometres of tall Karri forests , it was so green and lush. We called into the valley of the Giants which is a Forrest of old giant Tingle trees. These trees are of the eucalypt family and are the tallest in Western Australia. These trees can measure up to 24m around the base and grow 75m tall and live up to 400 years old. They have a shallow root system and Forrest fires often act to hollow out the base of the tree creating a large cavity.
Rain set in so we were limited to what we could see, the Anzac centre in Albany was very interesting with a lot of information on interactive screens.
Esperance is a lovely little town , very touristy in season. The coast line is very pretty and has a nice tourist drive along it. We went out to the pink lake but due to excess fresh water over the last 9 years it hasn't allowed the algae to grow which give the lake it's pink colour.
From Norseman on the Eyre Highway it's quite isolated along this road, we were between Balladonia and the 90 miile straight when, there he was, a policeman in the middle of the road with his hand up to say stop. 'We are conducting a random breath test thank you". well Laurie cauldn't stop laughing, "out here!" Laurie said.
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| valley of the giants tree top walk |
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| Anzac Centre |
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| Anzac centre |
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Pink Lake |
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