Porongurup, Stirling, Esperance, Cape La Grand

Porongurup NP - trail to the Castle Rock Granite Skywalk	The only way is up!	Jackie on trail	Pete and Balancing Rock - I mean Pete holding up the huge rock
Lookout below the skywalk	The skywalk is just above us	Jackie climbing up and between the huge rocks	View part way up
Nearly there	Jackie going up the ladder	On the skywalk	On the skywalk
View from the top	On the trail back down	Marri tree - red gum (marri in the Aboriginal language means blood)	Tree in the Rock
Tree in the Rock	Emus on the road - one also in the trees - hard to get a photograph - they run so quickly	A bushfire came through here a couple of months ago...	...but the tree still lives...
...and the plants...little green leaves	...life is coming back...	...and with great colour	Our camp near Mt.Trio - on a cattle farm
This guy is there to meet us...	...a Sand (Racehorse) Goanna	Jackie has not yet perfected the art of taking a selfie - a fact she is quite proud of	Mt Trio camp. Cheeky birds
Sunset in the camp...	...aren't we lucky	Next morning...Emu in the field	Mt Trio from our camp
On the road to Bluff Knoll	Bluff Knoll from the Eastern Lookout	The trail was shut due to a recent bushfire	Life coming back again
View on the Stirling Range Drive	Start of the trail up Mt Hassell	Jackie on trail	Pete on trail
Another bushfire has been through but again nature is recovering	View on trail but what is that in the distance?	Smoke...so we decide to head back down the mountin	Stirling Range Drive
Climbing up...	...to the Central Lookout	With mountains all around...	...some were very green
Can you spot the goanna?	Sand goanna on trail	Pete on trail	Mother and joey on the road
They stood for a while...	...and the little one didn't know which way to go	Mt Magog, Talyuberlup Peak and Mt Gog	Lovely plant at the Western Lookout
Love the colour	Camel Lake - salt lake in the summer	Camel Lake	Heading back to our camp
Mt Trio	Back at camp - a hammock, a cold beer and a fly net, it doesn't get much better	This little guy and 3 other kangaroos said good morning on our last day at Mt. Trio	Cape Le Grand NP - Lucky Bay - our camping spot
Lucky Bay beach - the whitest sand is Australia...	...quartz sand...it squeaks when you walk on it	Pete has a paddle	We almost had the beach to ourselves
A bushfire had gone through about a week ago...this little kangaroo finds a few leave to eat	Jackie at Lucky Bay	Pete floating	Jackie floating
With the occasional wave	Enjoying the sun...the water was cool	Kangaroos at Lucky Bay	Not bothered by us humans
Kangaroos...	...and another one	We hike from Lucky Bay to Thistle Cove	Lots of great rock formations - a smiley face
Heathland and granite	Balancing rocks	Cairns along the coastal trail	Frenchman Peak in the distance
Whistling Rock	Jackie listening for the whistle	Granite and sea	Thistle Cove
Pete exploring the coast	Trail heading back to Lucky Bay	Lucky Bay - can you see where the bushfire reached a week or so ago?	Lucky Bay from the Flinders Monument
The Lucky Bean Cafe caravan is on the beach - yay	Kangaroos on trail	Having a little rest	Very cute
After our hike we have a sit down on the beach...	...and a kangacino at the Lucky Bean Cafe	Hellfire Bay	Lovely turquoise water
Jackie at Hellfire Bay	Hellfire Bay	Frenchman Peak	Our camping spot at Lucky Bay
Lots of these colourful birds in camp	Esperance - Esplanade	Esperance - Museum Village...	...restored heritage buildings...
...now shops and cafes	Esperance - Great Ocean Drive - West Beach	West Beach	West Beach
West Beach again - love the colours	Salmon Beach	Twilight Cove	Looking towards Observatory Point
Observatory Island	Pink Lake - alas, it is no longer pink