8 December - Greens Pool, Elephant Rock, Madfish Bay and Waterfall Beach; William Bay National Park, and a Quick Departure

8 December 2016 – 198 137

Greens Pool, Elephant Rock, Madfish Bay and Waterfall Beach; William Bay National Park, and a Quick Departure

This morning

This afternoon

This morning we had a lazy start with the plan of an easy relaxing day.  Today’s destination was William Bay National Park.  

https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/park/william-bay

First up was Greens Pool – another spot where the local kids have swimming lessons, a beautiful sheltered area protected by rocks, while outside this the power of the Southern Ocean is on full display.  We sat high up on the rocks and watched the ocean smash and boil around the rocks below – definitely not a spot to be shipwrecked.  

https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/greens-pool

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

We then visited Elephant Rocks – this was a lovely little bay that you get to by walking between large rocks (several times the height of a person).  

https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/elephant-rocks

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

We then drove to Madfish Bay, this is again protected by rocks, but a small island in the centre gives twin beaches and a very protected swimming area.  

https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/madfish-bay

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

Waterfall Beach was a little further east, and although not as pretty as the other beaches, it was special in its own way as it had a waterfall of fresh water coming out of the dunes and running down to the beach.  

https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/waterfall-beach

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

We then drove back to Madfish Bay for a picnic and a swim.  Although the waves look very small, the volumes of water that the Southern Ocean moves means that they pull and push very strongly.  Drew and I waded out to the island while Hayden played in the sand.  We had the entire bay to ourselves, quite special.  We then returned to the caravan with the plan of a chill out afternoon.  

However nature had other plans.  Seeing the massive amount of smoke in the sky and how much closer the fire had come in the few hours we had been out, we decided that packing down and moving this afternoon, rather than tomorrow morning, was a good idea.  So we packed up and headed for Albany.  On the way, we stopped at Eden Gate Blueberry Farm for farm fresh blueberries – yummy!  

http://www.edengate.com.au/

We have booked in for the next few nights at Big4 Middleton Beach Holiday Park in Albany.

https://www.big4.com.au/caravan-parks/wa/south-west/middleton-beach-holiday-park