Blogs from Valley of the Giants, Walpole, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 2

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After leaving Albany this morning in Sheila (our new car) we travelled 200km west to Walpole where we were able to reach the Tree Top Walk, the Valley of the Giants and the Ancient empire, all set in stunning national park. The tree top walk is a suspended 300 metre walkway which rises from the entrance to a height of 40 metres so that you are able to get high and walk through the canopy of trees such as the karri and jarrah, pretty spectacular stuff, although quite nerve racking as the metal walk way tended to sway quite a bit when people walked around on it, not good if you have a fear of heights. The ancient empire was cool too with a ground level walk around the forest floor highlighing local species of tree ... read more
Karri Trees


On the way from Margaret River to Albany, we stopped off near a place called Walpole where there is a superb forest full of amazing Tingle Tingle trees. These trees are MASSIVE, growing up to 60m in height, and 20m round the base. There’s a tree top walk that you can do there called ‘The Valley of the Giants’ which consists of a woodland walk (Ancient Empire Walk at ground level) and a suspended metal walkway taking you to 40 metres above the ground where you can admire the outstanding beauty of these wonderful trees from an excellent & unusual viewpoint. It was a lovely day - slightly cool, but with lots of sunlight filtering through the leaves and branches. There weren’t too many other peeps there at the same time as us, which was great ... read more
Suspended bridge over the Tingle forest
Eggs at 40 metres
View from the bridge


The Gloucester Tree was in Pemberton. It's 60ft high and has a very unsafe-feeling ladder with little to protect you if your foot happened to slip! On our way from the car, James decided to feed a nearby parrot some of my apple. It wasn't long before we were flocked with encouraged parrots, landing all over us... what a novelty! We shakily climbed the tree then took a stroll... and later stopped at a vineyard where I had a tasting session before purchasing a yummy bottle of special red wine! Our next stop was at the biggest burnt out hole in a tree - caused by a forest fire - which tourists were once allowed to park their car inside! We then moved on to the Valley of the Giants, where we did the tree top ... read more
Feeding time
Yummy!
The Gloucester Tree




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