HAY RIVER CAMP.

This was quite a long day. After leaving Sue's Bridge we headed off towards Denmark. We called in at Pemberton where we had morning tea. It originally started out as 2 Govt saw mills in 1913 to supply half a million sleepers for the Trans Australian Railway. Known as Big Brook it grew into a substantial private town and in 1925 it was surveyed and gazetted as a town named Pemberton, named after original settler Pemberton Walcott. Next we visited Walpole and after driving around a bit we headed off to the Vally of the Giants tree walk. Nan and I took a scenic drive along a dirt road loop with a lookout and a giant tingle tree that joined up with the main road. Russ and the crew were going to follow us but they saw the No Caravans sign which we completely missed. We made it, but only just. This is our third visit to the tree top walk but we never tire of it. Whether walking through the Red Tingles and looking down or walking through the giants at ground level looking up, this is truly a wonderful experience. We left there and called in at William Bay NP where we walked down to Greens Pool and Elephant Rocks. This is another awesome spot. Surrounded by granite rocks and outcrops Greens Pool is amazing, so calm and smooth but beyond the rocks, big waves crashing. A shortish walk over the granite rocks and you find Elephant Rocks. A bit of imagination needed but still great.
By this time it was getting late so drove straight through Demark to the Hay River and a free camp about 10ks out. After driving along a pot holed dirt track, with nowhere to turn around, it seemed like every spot was taken. By this time it wasn't far off dark. We finally came to a spot where with a bit of manoeuvring we could turn around and if it hadn't been for Russell that's exactly what I would have done. Russell saw other possibilities and after some serious reversing in, one each side of the track, we settled in for the night.Read more