Valley of the GIANTS
After the Diamond tree, we drove down to Walpole to walk around the VALLEY OF THE GIANTS. The big attraction of this part of Australia is the famous "tree-top walk," a 400m long, 40m high metal walkway that is, well, aptly named. While this structure looks stable, and everyone tells you it is stable, it did oscillate back and forth a little. I thought it was kind of fun. This is the group in the first stages of the walk...
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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... [read more]
Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... [read more] Blog: Southwest Meanderings
Date: September 11th 2005
I decided to go with a different format for this blog. They say a picture is worth a thousand words-- and since I don't have time to write 60,000 words for you, here are 60 pictures instead. This entry is about my trip with the other Butler kids to the Southwest of Australia (Bunbury, Walpole, Denmark, Margaret River). It was totally rad. Enjoy the pictures! ... read more
Date: September 11th 2005
I decided to go with a different format for this blog. They say a picture is worth a thousand words-- and since I don't have time to write 60,000 words for you, here are 60 pictures instead. This entry is about my trip with the other Butler kids to the Southwest of Australia (Bunbury, Walpole, Denmark, Margaret River). It was totally rad. Enjoy the pictures! ... read more
