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
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