Walpole and Denmark

Dawn Flight Walpole Inlet

The narrow and winding roads made for a slow journey through the southern forests to the coastal town of Walpole. We stayed at the picturesque Rest Point Caravan Park on the Walpole Inlet which is a beautiful protected bay connected to the deeper Nornalup Inlet through a narrow channel. It's surrounded by a wilderness area encompassing a national park, nature reserves and forest conservation with over 20,000 hectares of diverse vegetation from Karri and Tingle forests to coastal wetlands and many species of wildlife. The Marine Park is home to a big family of Pelicans who glide along so gracefully on the calm water and line up on the jetty for their daily board meeting, that is until the fisherman start to clean their catch when they are quick to stand to attention.

Dawn Reflection Walpole Inlet

A day trip took us east to Denmark, a much larger community than Walpole and situated on the Wilson Inlet, and again we took note of a fellow travellers recommendations for lunch. Love these local bakeries - yummy pies followed by donuts (up there with the Augusta Bakery) - its cold and one has to eat, right! We enjoyed our fare at a delightful picnic area on the Denmark River and then it was time to move out and explore to walk off that delicious food.

Wilson Inlet to Ocean Beach

We drove from Denmark due south along the Wilson inlet to Ocean Beach on the Great Southern Ocean with stunning views across Ratcliffe Bay to the high sand dunes on the eastern side. Further along to Wilson Head there are western views of beautiful William Bay.

On our way back to Walpole a side road took us into Parry Beach where we braved the high winds and took the woofs for a beach walk in sniff heaven. They love all the smells in the seaweed. No sighting of whales with all those white caps.

After our three nights in Walpole, we packed up as rain moved in and kept our fingers crossed for some improvement in the weather as we headed east to Albany.