Theres not alot Rotten In This Shire of Denmark...

We decided at the beginning of this trip to go slower and spend more time in each place instead of rushing like lemmins to see what round the next corner so we are doing our best... We have spent 3 days at a very nice camping at Parry beach ... with a friendly kookaburra and brave mouse that came to visit us in the night. The place is alegedly teeming with deadly snakes but we havent seen any .. yet..

From this base we have walked on alot of beaches, and we wandered on some  cliff tops and up some hills... and scrambeled on quite alot of rocks...we visited Greens Pool - good for swimming and Elephant rocks, both were very pretty but absolutely crowded as it was the weekend. 

We had a pleasant wander around Denmark which is quite a pretty little town, full of nice shops with very expensive things in... some nice artwork and good cacti though. 

But mainly it's been more stunning long beaches, turquoise seas and crashing waves... and in between a few nice swimming lagoons with not so crashing waves so I,ve actually been swimming properly..  out of my depth!

There's been a continued proliferation of huge giant boulders some on the beach.. some on hills and Dr Fred has been and touched them all - he has also looked longing through the van window at distant crag on the top of far away mountains... but you can't have everything!!

Today we did the elevated treetop walk in the Valley of the Giants. The trees native to this area are called Tingle trees - and they are pretty amazing - some of them are really old amd consquently really huge. 

The walkway is really good - a 600 metre stretch which takes you up 40 metres high so you really are looking down on most of the trees.  It's obviously very sturdily built but has a quite definite sway as you walk along the gantries which have got metal fenced sides and a grill floor for optimum viewing...

it was pretty amazing - very tranquil, but a bit creaky in places and fortunately not too busy - there are supposed to be alot of Quokas but didnt see any.  I'm still a tad disappointed at lack of wildlife.... 

I went and swam at peaceful Bay ... Dr Fred did rocks... we climbed Flagstaff lookout and looked back along the bays.. as always stunning views. 

This is good camping (again)... probably my joint second favourite - we have a good private spot with a campfire... but tomorrow or by the time I post this we will be off round the next corner...