Thierings on Tour

There was a bit of drizzle around this morning as we packed up, so we had a quick brekkie and headed out to get coffee from the local coffee roasters. It was a great brew and the kids loved having so many books to read. 

We quickly ducked out of town to have a look at the King Jarrah tree, which is estimated to be around 500 years old and is over 40m high! It certainly impressed and it was a pleasant walk around it. 

The girls persuaded us to go back to the Manjimup playground again and had a blast on the giant slide, flying fox and Scarly had the little slide pretty much to herself going down every way she could think of.

After burning so much energy it was only fair to grab a bite to eat and much to our delight there was sushi in town – with raw salmon! This honestly made the girls’ day, as we’ve only seen veg sushi for a while and that doesn’t cut it for our sushi snobs…

Then it was on to Walpole, which was a lovely nature campground. There was a games room with air hockey, table tennis and foosball tables. This was great as the weather couldn’t decide what it was going between drizzle and sunshine!

We ventured out for a drive to have a look at The Giant Tingle Tree. The whole forest was incredible with so many huge (and ancient) trees, each more impressive than the other. It’s incredible how the bottom of them can rot away and have gaps, but the tree still stands on for centuries. It was cool to see The Giant Tingle from photos in the 60s when people were parking cars in it and then to stand in it. The rain didn’t stop us from enjoying this incredible place!

Back at camp the kangaroos were out in force, including two mama kangaroos with joeys in their pouches. At one stage the bigger joey hopped out and looked as if it was clapping its paws like an excited kid – so cute! Papa kangaroo on the other hand was rather intimidating with muscles galore, so he got the nickname beefcake. It was hilarious when we walked past him on our way to the camp kitchen and Scarly stopped and shouted “hi beefcake!” to him.

The girls didn’t want to eat our stirfry creation so had leftovers, which meant that by the time we cooked our dinner the girls were playing again and Chris and I actually got to enjoy a dinner for two. Lighter candle included, ha ha

Kms travelled – 146