October 27th, Moved to Denmark and booked into Denmark Rivermouth Caravan Park, for 3 days. It was raining when we left Busselton but had cleared when we reached Pemberton, where we stopped for a cake & coffee. Another quaint untouched Village. Lots of wildflowers along the way which made travelling very pleasant. We topped up the fuel and had lunch at Walpole, then went on to Denmark. This is a great CP, we are on a waterfront site, looking over Wilsons Inlet, so the view is very pleasant.
October 28th, To-day was a wet day, so went into Town to look the place over. Started with a run out to Howard Park Winery, just 2 klms out of Town. Val did the tasting as I was the designated driver. We added another bottle of wine to our “under the bed” collection. Next was the Visitors Centre, where they have on display the Bert Bolle Barometer. It stands 12 metres high and is water filled. It is in The Guinness Book of Records. It was interesting to watch it going through its reading cycle.
October 29th, We decided to do our own wine tour and also take in the Valley of the Giants, Tree Top Walk. I can’t believe it but we took off and I was driving in the wrong direction, heading for Albany, until Val pointed out my error. The first opportunity to turn around was the entrance to The West Cape Howe Winery, so I turned in and said to Val, guess we might as well start with this one. So, now heading back to Denmark to take the road towards the Valley of the Giants, we stopped off at the Toffee Factory for some tastings. Not really interested in Toffee, we drove on to The Valley of the Giants. The size of the giant “Tingle” and “Karri” Trees were incredible, 60 metres tall, up to 20 metres circumference at the base and can live for up to 400 years. We did the Tree Top Walk, which was quite daunting. It is a suspension walkway, 40 metres off the ground at its highest point, sways when you are walking across it, with signs all the way along saying “Max. of 20 people on each span, at the same time”. Fortunately for us it wasn’t that busy, so No Problem. It was truly fascinating and we can recommend it to everyone. We had our photo taken at the highest point. We then did the Empire Walk which is a walk at ground level and highlighted how the trees were affected by fire or disease that caused the root area to open up and form shelters. Look at the pictures to see what I am saying. On the way back we stopped at The Old Kent River Winery and found that they also sold live “Marron” at $48 / Kg. They are similar to Scampi, I’m told. Our last stop was the Lake House Winery, which impressed us with its outlook over a lake and their beautiful gardens. While Val was doing her wine tasting, I had to have a Cappuccino, in one of their beut pottery mugs and a very generous serving of apricot & almond tart with both cream & ice-cream, worth every cent that Val paid. We headed off home with our collection of wines after a great day out. To-morrow we head for Albany.
October 28th, To-day was a wet day, so went into Town to look the place over. Started with a run out to Howard Park Winery, just 2 klms out of Town. Val did the tasting as I was the designated driver. We added another bottle of wine to our “under the bed” collection. Next was the Visitors Centre, where they have on display the Bert Bolle Barometer. It stands 12 metres high and is water filled. It is in The Guinness Book of Records. It was interesting to watch it going through its reading cycle.
October 29th, We decided to do our own wine tour and also take in the Valley of the Giants, Tree Top Walk. I can’t believe it but we took off and I was driving in the wrong direction, heading for Albany, until Val pointed out my error. The first opportunity to turn around was the entrance to The West Cape Howe Winery, so I turned in and said to Val, guess we might as well start with this one. So, now heading back to Denmark to take the road towards the Valley of the Giants, we stopped off at the Toffee Factory for some tastings. Not really interested in Toffee, we drove on to The Valley of the Giants. The size of the giant “Tingle” and “Karri” Trees were incredible, 60 metres tall, up to 20 metres circumference at the base and can live for up to 400 years. We did the Tree Top Walk, which was quite daunting. It is a suspension walkway, 40 metres off the ground at its highest point, sways when you are walking across it, with signs all the way along saying “Max. of 20 people on each span, at the same time”. Fortunately for us it wasn’t that busy, so No Problem. It was truly fascinating and we can recommend it to everyone. We had our photo taken at the highest point. We then did the Empire Walk which is a walk at ground level and highlighted how the trees were affected by fire or disease that caused the root area to open up and form shelters. Look at the pictures to see what I am saying. On the way back we stopped at The Old Kent River Winery and found that they also sold live “Marron” at $48 / Kg. They are similar to Scampi, I’m told. Our last stop was the Lake House Winery, which impressed us with its outlook over a lake and their beautiful gardens. While Val was doing her wine tasting, I had to have a Cappuccino, in one of their beut pottery mugs and a very generous serving of apricot & almond tart with both cream & ice-cream, worth every cent that Val paid. We headed off home with our collection of wines after a great day out. To-morrow we head for Albany.
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