Weekend Down South (& Day 14)

After three days of flight, my fantastic friends Jason and Jess Lenhart have made it to Australia! For the weekend we took a trip down to Albany and got to know a little local Australian culture. We went to a bush dance, stopped along the way at some goofy rest stops, tasted wine, chased sheep, explored the southern ocean and saw elephant rocks and a beautiful bay, climbed to the tops of trees in the 'Valley of the Giants', explored the greatest playground ever, spotted road kill kangaroos AND three live ones, and almost died in Pemberton climbing up a 70 metre tall tree with no safety harnesses, in flip flops. I would say the weekend was a success.




We drove the direct way on Saturday (4.5 hours), and took the lazy, much longer road back on Sunday (about 7 hours...).


photo by Jason Lenhart. Climbing skills by me.




I basically risked my life to take this picture. Please notice how small Jason and Jess are on the ground, and the fact that there are absolutely no safety precautions observed, enforced or even possible on this tree. I'm not scared of heights, but this was scary!


Good thing we read signs BEFORE we do things...










(click the photograph to see it bigger)




Even 40 metres up on the tree tops, John decided he needed to go higher.


The trees in the Valley of the Giants were called Tingle trees. What a fantastic tree name! It felt like we were in a prehistoric jungle.... I won't show you those goofy pictures.

Actually... I can't tease you like that.



On the way down we saw 3 dead kangaroos on the side of the road, we were lucky enough to see three living ones on the way back up!


epic playground



It is so nice to have Jason and Jess here! Thanks for visiting guys!!! I hope you survive the next two weeks...