The Granite Sky Walk

Odds & Sods and Farewell to Oz

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April 30th 2014
Wednesday 30th April - odds & sods and a farewell to Oz. Been looking through our notes of this trip and realise we have missed a couple of highlights. The Granite Sky Walk at Porongorup National Park a 2.7 km up hill walk through dense forest to reach a huge granite outcrop capped by a steel walkway reached by ladder rungs hammered into the rock - amazing views from the top over the Stirling R ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth

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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