Luvapuzzle: Hooray for WA Day 6 May 26th Quagi Beach to Shelley Beach via Albany

We woke to the sound of birds. One of the birds was making a syncopated call. This is something I had never noticed before. If I had to I would give it a 6/8 time signature. The banksias were alive with the birds.

We were up early, watched the sun rise over the ocean, and had a walk along the beach before a cooked breakfast.

the start of sunrise.

Drove west towards Ravensthorpe, stopping along the way at the memorial to an aboriginal massacre.It seems that John Dunn (white) had committed some sin against the local aboriginals. A small group arrived and dealt justice by killing him. His 4 remaining brothers then massacred the local tribe in vengeance. The memorial has been put there so that it can be remembered and people can move on.

Trev picked out a memorial Bender look-alike on the side of the road surrounded by poppies and back tracked so that I could admire him, too.

We stopped at a mallee fowl information centre and cafe for lunch before driving on via the scenic route through Stirling Ranges National Park to Albany. We saw some interesting metal sculptures at the info centre.

We headed out to use the new viewing platforms and view the natural bridge and the gap south of Albany. The gap is a seething foaming mass of water far below as the waves crash through a narrow space onto the rocks. They have built the new platform anchored on to the rocks so that you are perched high above the gap and can look directly down into it.

We were hoping to make it to the tall trees near Walpole to camp tonight, but have opted for a beachside camp again at Shelley Beach (between Albany and Denmark) which will leave us with around 400 km to travel tomorrow to get to our home for the week at Mandurah.

Shelley beach is a lovely secluded beach reached by a steep track and we are the only ones here. We are camped about 50m from a lovey white beach with the waves crashing on to the sand. A distant lighthouse flashes regularly in the distance and the stars are a picture above us.

We've already been visited by 3 rabbits, a cat that refuses to leave, a kangaroo, and some sort of bandicoot type of animal which was not shy at all