Thursday, April 22, 2010

Walpole to Bridgetown

This is on the riverbanks of the Blackwood river at Bridgetown and one of our most generous hosts Chris(owner of the FC holden)
This was our transport whilst we were in Bridgetown. On this day we went to the local markets.
Billy could tee off straight outside the van when he wanted to practice. This was our view at Lorraine and Chris's at Bridgetown. We stayed here for Easter and had a wonderful time.
HOST WITH THE MOST.... Our host shows us how you decant wine.. Sure Chris!!!! It was only a bottle from 1981, so it was just an OLD ONE......
We went for a picnic at Donnelly River Mill Town and it was truly lovely. We had emus and kangaroos walking around us while we ate. Afterwards we went for a bush walk to try and find an old graphite mine, which we eventually found. We also found an old property known as the SWAMP which has some very interesting old tales about the place.
We drove past this house thinking that they had statues in the front yard until we got toooo close and they scattered. Twas quite funny.
You can travel by 4WD, car or Emu around here.
We went off the beaten track with Chris and Lorraine in search of the SWAMP.
This was a channel dug by two brothers who owned this SWAMP and they dug this to drain their property. It was 1klm long and they dug it by hand with a pick and a shovel. It was up to 10ft deep in some places. It took them several years. It was pretty well solid rock most of the way.
Dave standing next to this beautiful specimen of a Black Boy, ooops sorry Grass tree or as they are now known an Australian Fire tree.
These are some of the gorgeous colours throughout the graphite mines grounds. It was very pretty.
This is the skywalk amongst the Valley of the Giants near Walpole. The walk thru the tops of the trees was beautiful. Some of these trees grow as high as 75m whoa!!!!
This shot shows you the size of these massive trees. It doesnt seem like there is much still holding these things to the ground but it seems there is enough.
These trees were mind blowing with their size.

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