DiNo's Travels Around Australia - 2014/2015/16/17: Day 160

Weather was good today so we decided to look at the remaining attractions around Walpole. First was the John Rate Lookout with a (very) distant view of Nornalup Inlet.

130914 Nornalup Inlet from a distant John Rate Lookout

We did a 700m walk up to the top of Mount Clare expecting to see views of the coast, but saw nothing except the rock which formed the mountain's top. Enjoyed the 700m walk down though.

Next we went further west to Mandalay Beach, the site of the "Mandalay" shipwreck which occurred in 1911. It is a beautiful beach with a large rock formation called Marchant Island, offshore, with waves breaking along its shore.

130914 Marchant Island off Mandalay Beach

130914 Manadalay Beach looking west

130914 Mandalay Beach looking east

130914 The middle of Mandalay Beach

We took in Coalmine Beach, a beach which is on the northwestern shore of Nornalup Inlet, a quiet and unassuming little place.

130914 Coalmine Beach on Nornalup Inlet

We headed inland then to take in the "Giant Red Tindle Tree". Giant it was but it was in good company with many other very large Red Tindles and karris. These are "oo-ah" trees. You take in one and then you turn around and there is another one. They are so difficult to photograph and we were at serious risk of cricking our necks while looking upwards or even falling backwards as we stretched to get their tops in the frame.

130914 The Gnome thought this was the Giant Red Tingle tree but it wasn't

130914 The base of the Giant Red Tingle tree,
with a girth of 24m

130914 Lost in the centre of the tree

130914 Another huge gnarled old Red Tingle

Conspicuous Cliff and Conspicuous Beach came next and then Peaceful Bay and Peaceful Beach. By this time we were back on the coast and saw some spectacular beaches and headlands. An offshore breeze had come up and the sea had become a little more boisterous. Peaceful Bay was true to name and remained peaceful and placid in spite of the wind.