Tingle Trees

This morning we drove back down to Walpole to visit the Valley of the Giants. We got to see the Tingle trees which are only found in this area. They are amazing trees that can grow 75m tall, making them the 3rd largest trees in the world. The trees in the picture are actually perfectly healthy despite having a massive hole at the bottom! Fires can sometimes get in and burn the dead wood in the centre but as soon as it hits the fresh wood it stops and the tree just carrying on growing!

After the trees we drove to Green’s Pool and Elephant Rocks. The weather is about 5 degrees cooler here so a bit too chilly for a swim but perfect for a walk and a paddle. Green’s Pool has super fine sand, finer than any beach in Perth. It also has patches of black magnetite sand, very cool!