Wave rock is a 14 metre high multi-coloured granite wave, pretty much in the middle of nowhere.....and it was spectacular to see. We thought we'd have to skip it because of the huge inland detour, but our lovely Victorian friends that we've been travelling with off and on for a while now, offered to pile us into their 4WDs and do the 400km round trip from a caravan park in Ravensthorpe. Wave Rock is 110 metres long and if one person whispered at one end you could hear them loud and clear at the other - it was amazing! From Ravensthorpe we travelled to Cape Riche which was a great council owned camp site by the beach for $10 per night. Ashleigh and Hannah loved playing in the water and Simon and Gye went out on the boat and Simon caught the biggest squid we have seen yet. Our next stop was Albany where we stayed at a beautiful caravan park on the bay and had the van in for a service that all went well. From here we stopped off at Denmark for lunch then checked into a great camp at Parry's Beach ($7 per night). The drive the next day was through very tall forest to the Walpole-Nornalup National Park and the Valley of the Giants. Here we learnt all about the Red Tingle Trees (Eucalyptus Jacksonii) and their very wide girths (up to 17 metres), and did the Treetop Walk that meandered 40 metres above the ground amongst Karris and Tingles. Continuing west we stayed the night in Pemberton where we enjoyed a very informative tour of a trout and marron farm and Sam and Ashleigh climbed the 60 metre high Gloucester Tree.
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