Walpole Tree Top Walk, Greens Pool, Denmark 05 November 2013

Definitely heading homeward now as we speed towards Denmark. On the way we did the tree top walk just outside of Walpole (Valley of the Giants) which was pretty cool. They have built a suspended walkway up to 50 metres high which takes you through the upper levels of a Red Tingle tree forest. While they may not grow as tall as a Karri tree, these things are still huge.

Note the strange flowers on the trunk :)

Awe Pretty

Then it was on to Greens Pool and Elephant Rocks which were very picturesque before finishing the day in Denmark.

Can you spot the Elephants?

 Now Denmark is one of the towns I have been hanging out to get to as they had the world's biggest barometer there which was more than 12 metres tall (yep, it's strange what some people find interesting I know). Note the past tense there. Apparently about 18 months ago the Visitor Information Centre (where the barometer was installed in a specially built tower) and it's board couldn't come to grips with the fact that the barometer could not be turned into a profit turning attraction as one of the conditions under which the maker in the Netherlands insisted on was that no admission charges could ever be levied for viewing it. After much to-ing and fro-ing, the maker took it back and expressed his dismay and disgust with the town of Denmark and in particular the lack of vision shown by the Visitor Centre board. Of course not a word of this is mentioned in the Visitor Centre. There is just this weird tower in the middle of the building with a staircase to nowhere running up the inside wall.

What it used to look like

Woke up next morning and it was raining! Everything was sodden and getting soggier by the minute. This was not part of the plan! We were supposed to chase the sun for four months and completely skip winter. Oh well, it had to happen sooner or later.