Mt Barker and Porongurup

It’s been chilly here the past few days. Single digits in the morning, windy with a few showers.
It hasn’t dampened our enthusiasm to explore.
Most people only think of Margaret Rover for WA wines. Mt Barker is part of WA’s Great Southern Wine region and are know for Riesling and Shiraz
We went to a few local vineyards tried and bought some lovely wines.
We found an awesome Hipcamp on a property next to a vineyard and had the place to ourselves.
One of our days we visited Porongurup National Park and did the Castle Rock granite skywalk. It was a really tough walk with a constant steep incline and some rock climbing at the end to make it up to the skywalk. Amazing engineering. We had to climb up and ladder to the skywalk platform. OMG the wind was ferocious and freezing at the top. I tried to capture it in a video.Read more