Southern Forests
29th November
The southwest corner of Australia is famous for it's forests and we were keen to see some more. After leaving our overnight camp at grass tree hollow, we drove to Beedleup Falls which are in a beautiful setting but to be fair were not at their best with little water flowing over them.
Next we headed around a section of the Forest Drive to view a few particularly large Karri,
but got off the route and drove along some other narrow bush track. When we did rejoin the route, we discovered we were heading the wrong way on a one way loop. So much for that.
Continuing on the forest theme, we visited the Dale Evans Bicentennial memorial tree which you can climb on steel spikes stuck into the trunk and then 5 storeys of ladders till you are standing above the canopy and 75 meters above the ground. It is not in fact an old fire spotting tower but a new tower built to commemorate the past. Still, it is a fun climb and not for those prone to vertigo. Photos do not do it justice.
With plenty of time left in the day, we drove another forest loop to Warren Campground beside the Warren River which Bro's research told him was full of redfin. This is an introduced feral fish species which are OK eating and fairly easy to catch on spinning lures.
The boys immediately rigged up a couple of spinners and determinedly worked their way along the river casting at any likely looking snaggy hole but to no avail until fairly late in the afternoon when Bro emerged successful with a small redfin.
Before long he caught another larger version as the fish finally came on the bite. Encouraged, they fished on until the light faded but no more redfin were hooked. Fabian especially was keen to get one and next morning at first light, he slipped out of the tent only to return triumphant with an even larger fish. The boys could have stayed another day at Warren fishing but we were on a timeline so we took our fish and headed for the Stirling Ranges.
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