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| OUR BIG TRIP MARY & OLI GOING AROUND AUSTRALIA |
SOUTHWEST WA - Page 17
13 October 2007, Saturday
The fireplace in the chalet was very nice last night and also this morning. Again, great place to chill out for a few days before
getting back to trailer life. Today we wanted to see the Yeagarup Dunes and Beach. A famous 4WD trek through the
D'Entrecasteaux National Park. The inland wandering dunes are also quite special and I think the only ones in Australia
which are inland and wandering - basically swallowing the forest. The Visitor Centre in Pemberton told us that you need to let
your tyres down to 18 psi going towards the beach and 10 psi to come back up the first dunes. Well, 10 psi sounds a little too
low but we will see how it goes. At the parking for Yeagarup Lake we met another group of 4WD's including a Grand
Cherokee, they let us by but later overtook us again when we stopped for some pics. They did not look like knowing much,
but we will see later. After 2 km's you are entering the dunes and one of the 4 vehicles in front of us could not get up. We
went passed and the other three were already gone quite a long way away. They obviously did not have any radio contact
between each other., so one turned around and after that we lost them for a while. The dunes itself looked very nice. Another
10 km sandy trek towards the beach. Just before the beach, you enter again dunes and one is a quite long way up from the
beach which I guess was the 10 psi dune. It does not look that bad, so we won't let our tyres down further than 17 psi.
Arriving at the beach, we first drove to the right and stopped after about 500 meters to take in the scenery. The waves and the
beach with the dunes in the background is a great place to be. The ranger came by checking our park access and went on.
You can actually drive across the Warren River (I think this is the name) and drive back through another 4WD trek. We went
back up the beach into the other direction towards the river crossing. The group of 4 was already at the crossing and it
seemed to be high tide, the salt and fresh water was nicely mixed at the only point to cross and that was very close to the
waves. We decided not to cross and just stayed for lunch before heading back testing the 10 psi dune. Going up the first
dune from the beach was actually the most difficult one, but the tyres did their job and up we went in crawling speed - the
others might have more issues with this little hill. At the big dune we went up quite easily, so I dropped Mary off and went
down again for some pictures - he he he. After that we were looking for the area where the dunes are swallowing the forest
up and we found it. It looks fantastic and the dunes looked so nice for climbing that I did it. That was quite exhausting but lots
of fun coming down on your ass..... he he he. From here we went back to Pemberton and the famous Gloucester Tree. Would
I climb it? Well, I tried and went up maybe 10 meters to see how I feel. For some reason my contact lenses focused on the iron
bars and everything else was quite blurry, however that was not the main reason for stopping. Well, I went back down
because I did not wanted to risk turning around halfway up. Wimp !!! That left us also more time to enjoy the parrots around
the place. Back to the chalet and spa we went - what a nice way of ending the day. Pictures from today below.
13 October 2007, Saturday
The fireplace in the chalet was very nice last night and also this morning. Again, great place to chill out for a few days before
getting back to trailer life. Today we wanted to see the Yeagarup Dunes and Beach. A famous 4WD trek through the
D'Entrecasteaux National Park. The inland wandering dunes are also quite special and I think the only ones in Australia
which are inland and wandering - basically swallowing the forest. The Visitor Centre in Pemberton told us that you need to let
your tyres down to 18 psi going towards the beach and 10 psi to come back up the first dunes. Well, 10 psi sounds a little too
low but we will see how it goes. At the parking for Yeagarup Lake we met another group of 4WD's including a Grand
Cherokee, they let us by but later overtook us again when we stopped for some pics. They did not look like knowing much,
but we will see later. After 2 km's you are entering the dunes and one of the 4 vehicles in front of us could not get up. We
went passed and the other three were already gone quite a long way away. They obviously did not have any radio contact
between each other., so one turned around and after that we lost them for a while. The dunes itself looked very nice. Another
10 km sandy trek towards the beach. Just before the beach, you enter again dunes and one is a quite long way up from the
beach which I guess was the 10 psi dune. It does not look that bad, so we won't let our tyres down further than 17 psi.
Arriving at the beach, we first drove to the right and stopped after about 500 meters to take in the scenery. The waves and the
beach with the dunes in the background is a great place to be. The ranger came by checking our park access and went on.
You can actually drive across the Warren River (I think this is the name) and drive back through another 4WD trek. We went
back up the beach into the other direction towards the river crossing. The group of 4 was already at the crossing and it
seemed to be high tide, the salt and fresh water was nicely mixed at the only point to cross and that was very close to the
waves. We decided not to cross and just stayed for lunch before heading back testing the 10 psi dune. Going up the first
dune from the beach was actually the most difficult one, but the tyres did their job and up we went in crawling speed - the
others might have more issues with this little hill. At the big dune we went up quite easily, so I dropped Mary off and went
down again for some pictures - he he he. After that we were looking for the area where the dunes are swallowing the forest
up and we found it. It looks fantastic and the dunes looked so nice for climbing that I did it. That was quite exhausting but lots
of fun coming down on your ass..... he he he. From here we went back to Pemberton and the famous Gloucester Tree. Would
I climb it? Well, I tried and went up maybe 10 meters to see how I feel. For some reason my contact lenses focused on the iron
bars and everything else was quite blurry, however that was not the main reason for stopping. Well, I went back down
because I did not wanted to risk turning around halfway up. Wimp !!! That left us also more time to enjoy the parrots around
the place. Back to the chalet and spa we went - what a nice way of ending the day. Pictures from today below.
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| The Yeagarup Dunes - nice. |
| Orchids and succulent flowers on the way to the beach. |
| The beauty and the beast on the beach. |
| The look along the beach from the dunes -great place and the weather was nice too. |
| The main dunes before you come to the beach - on the right the main dune to climb over to get back. |
| Got ya... |
| OLISTJ and us with the beach... |
| The Warren River full of tanning colour just before the ocean. |