Kingfisher Travels

Sunday 27th June Out of Augusta on a wet day into a farm stay at Pemberton.  Set up and into town for lunch at the pub.  Weather clearing, sort of, so we opt to start the 84km Karri Explorer Scenic drive.    Through the huge 400 yr old Karri trees…                        Monday 28th June Brighter day today so out to complete the Karri Explorer Scenic drive.  First stop Beedelup Falls and a suspension bridge.                            More trees…                    Warren River…     Then on to the Bicentenial Tree.  This is the highest tree climb in the world, 65 metres up.  It used to be used for fire spotting, the cab at the top is well above tree top level giving an unrestricted 360degree view.  But it is not a climb for the faint hearted… both Kate and myself dabbled up about 10metres before reconsidering the lack of safety apparatus and returned to solid ground, but Paul persevered and climbed to the top.  Unfortunately due to the concern

Sunday 20th June We moved camp sites this morning, needing to refill our water and empty the cassette.  Down to ‘Big Valley Campground’ a working sheep station with power, water and dump point. As it was only a short move we set off afterwards for another scenic tour of the coast, visiting Prevelly, the mouth of Margaret River and some surf beaches.     Stopped in at Voyager Estate for an afternoon tasting, bought some lovely desert wines.       Monday 21st June Our original plan was to only stay at the Big Valley Campground overnight to empty and fill up.  But it seemed a nice spot and central to Margaret River so we chose to stay here for the rest of the week.      Out to some wineries, Fraser Gallop, then Domain Naturalist where we bought some Chardonnay (yet to be released – as we happened to arrive just as Bruce - owner/wine maker, walked in and he was happy to explain how he arrives at his final product. On to the Hay shed Winery/restaurant for a Tap