Porongurups

South of the Stirling Range is a smaller park known as the Porongorups and this time we did walk to the peak.  It wasn't too hard despite being all uphill.  My back's been pretty unstable the past week or so and I was thrilled to be able to do this walk.  We had the most beautiful weather after a few grey days and the views from the top were fantastic.  It's a little like Mt Buffalo with all the granite rocks.  There's a section where you climb through and over some rocks to reach a ladder which ascends straight to the 'skywalk' ... the pictures can tell the story:

 

No, not one of us!

On the 'granite skywalk'.  Only two other people were up here. 

There are some beautiful areas east of Albany and we decided to explore Two Peoples Bay and then Waychinicup National Park (they have some great names over here!)  The campground at Waychinicup Inlet is small, quiet, in a gorgeous bush setting and there was nobody else there.  It rained overnight and was pretty heavy the next morning so we're glad we had a good look around when we arrived.

    

Little Beach at Two Peoples Bay park

  
Near our camp at Waychinicup Inlet.




There was some pretty heavy weather in the south west around this time.  Fortunately for us, we weren't too badly affected as we found a camp which had a huge camp kitchen/shed/shelter.  It was on the way to Bremer Bay, from where we planned to visit the Fitzgerald River NP.   The bloke's only had it running for about 10 months but has built the amenities according to feedback he's been gathering from campers for years, so it really is well done.

We slept in the troopy but spent the evening in the shelter by the wood heater, along with a family travelling a similar route to ours.  There was even tv!  Next day the weather was foul - no raincoats and hats could make bushwalking or anything else enjoyable and so the day was spent indoors, reading and chatting by a wood fire.

A taste of luxury for campers - wood fire, hot showers, microwave,
stove, running water, electric lights ...