After chatting to the neighbours for a bit , we hit the road , deciding to take another road to Manjimup - Sears Road , it passes through Donnelly , the old timber mill we visited the other day . It proved to be a good move , as we only passed 3 cars on the drive - saved being on the highway - although the highway is much smoother !!
Stopping at Manjimup to empty tanks , fill up with diesel again at $1.01.9 , and fill the pantry again . Heading back onto the highway , we stopped at Shannon National Park for lunch - there used to be a town here , but has been removed and the NPark has reclaimed it .
The drive was predominantly through forest - Jarrah , Karri & whatever else could get in there . The biggest disappointment was seeing the forest further down burnt . It is recovering now , but what was a stunning drive , was a little let down - it is still a great drive , but disappointing to see it this way !! The fire was recent - as in the last 6 months or so .
We had forgotten what Walpole looked like from our drive through a few years ago , but it all came back very rapidly . Not a big town by any means , more a bigger holiday village , we stopped at the park and information map . It's situated on Walpole Inlet , which flows into Nornalup Inlet , then flows out to sea - it's sort of like a double lake - Walpole Inlet is about 2klms wide and half a klm the other way , Nornalup Inlet is somewhat larger , being about 5klms by 3 klms and has a sheltered entry from the ocean .
We are beside Coalmine Beach in Nornalup Inlet for a couple of nights , it has a nice little beach , but was a bit cool this afternoon with wind coming across the water .
More to come tomorrow folks , here's todays map link :-https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z1G8gwwxwyYo.kBCzcv7ZigaE&usp=sharing
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