6 December - Valley of Giants Wilderness Discovery Centre and Conspicuous Cliff, Peaceful Bay

6 December 2016 – 197 928

Valley of Giants Wilderness Discovery Centre and Conspicuous Cliff, Peaceful Bay

Today we started with the Valley of Giants Tree Top Walk – this is a walk through the canopy of the Red Tingle Forest between Walpole and Denmark. https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/tree-top-walk

https://www.treetopwalk.com.au/

These trees remind me of old fashioned teapots, with a big wide base and a spout where the first branch comes off. 

We then walked the Ancient Empire Walk which is a boardwalk through the forest.  It was interesting to get the two different perspectives.  

https://www.westernaustralia.com/en/Attraction/Ancient_Empire_Walk%2C_Valley_of_the_Giants/5d773c6f675c0b43351415b4

https://trailswa.com.au/trails/ancient-empire-valley-of-the-giants

Next up we walked along the Bibbulmun Track from the Valley of the Giants to the Giants Hut and back – lovely to walk through these beautiful dense forests.  

https://www.bibbulmuntrack.org.au/

Our next destination was Peaceful Bay. We watched a group of school kids having swimming lessons in this sheltered and picturesque bay. 

https://www.westernaustralia.com/en/Attraction/Peaceful_Bay/5aa74cfb32dcb6b640e94743

https://www.denmarkwesternaustralia.com/denmark-wa-travel-destinations/peacefulbay.htm

After a picnic lunch we drove to Conspicuous Cliff and climbed to the lookouts.  

https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/conspicuous-cliff

https://www.westernaustralia.com/en/Attraction/Conspicuous_Cliff/56b267932cbcbe7073ae1719

We then walked down to the beach and over the dunes up to the top of the cliff along the Bibbulmun Track.  This was a very steep climb in spots.  We had company on the track – in the form of a kangaroo and joey, very special to see them feeding quietly completely in the wild.  We kept climbing, and climbing, and climbing – but the view from the top was amazing!  It was most definitely worth the climb.

https://www.bibbulmuntrack.org.au/