Day 7 Adelaide to Perth - Stirling Ranges

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Today we were leaving our beach camp so we took the opportunity to wake up for sunrise on the beach which meant we were awake at 5am. Most of the tour group also woke up early to see some of the sunrise so we had all finished our breakfast and packed our swags before Simon had even woken, which left Simon a little flustered. So much so that he almost left his swag in camp as we drove off!There was one stop to make on the cape before we headed into rge Stirling Ranges. This was at Frenchman's peak - a rocky mountain given the name as it looks as though it is wearing a beret on top. It was a steep climb up the rock face and got put blood pumping as we made our way to the top. We were the first to make it to the summit so took the opportunity to take photos of the 360 views of the cape. It was then back on the bus for a drive into the Stirling Ranges, stopping in a park on the way for lunch. We went on the Mount Trio walk in the Stirling Ranges, by this time it was about 3pm in the afternoon and Simo was keen to get in to camp before it turned dark so we were given an hour to try to make it to the summit but if we didn't make it we would have to turn around after an hour and come back down. Keen to see the views from the summit, and seeing it as a bit of a challenge, we powered past the group to climb to the top. It was another steep walk, with hundreds of bush steps which had our legs wobbling as we got near to the top. It turned out that we had plenty of time though as we made it up in 34 minutes, so we could take a more leisurely route back down. It was worth the climb though with views across all of the Stirling ranges and we also saw an eagle hovering and looking for its dinner on one of the nearby mountains. Once we were all back down from Mount Trio it was time to head into camp. Tonight we were camping on a farm in the Stirling Ranges, it was starring to turn a bit grey and was very windy by the time we got to camp so we decided to follow Simo and lay our swags in the games room which was made from a converted shed, whilst the rest of the group chose places outside in the field to lay their swags.

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