Western Australia

From Augusta we travelled inland to the cute little riverside town of Nannup. From there onto the forest town of Pemberton. There are 2 monster Karri trees that were fire-watch lookouts that can be climbed (if you are game).
We had a great campsite in an arboretum full of towering giants.
From Pemberton it was onto beautiful little Walpole. We did the Valley of the Giants Treetop Walk among the many towering Tingle trees. We also took an informative guided walk at ground level. My wife couldn't resist a second lap of the treetops.
Walpole and it's larger neighbour Denmark have remarkable coastlines. We spent hours exploring both the wild coast and the forests of giants. Our campsite was on the water at Walpole with dozens of pelicans for company.
We headed from there to the "capital" of these parts Albany. One of WA's first towns built around a good harbour. It became a whaling centre until the industry died off in the 1970s. The whaling museum including a whaling ship. The museum proved to be a full day. There are some other good museums and many great old buildings. There is also a significant military history and interesting related sites.
From there we headed to the amazing landscape of the Stirling Ranges. We explored Mt Trio and the highest peak Bluff Knoll.
From the Stirling Ranges we headed across good country to Mt Barker. From there we pretty much did a runner through 2 days of superstorms through forested country making our way back to Bunbury and Fremantle. One "highlight" was driving the last 60 kms on the fuel warning light to pretty little Boyup Brook. It's sometimes a long way between towns.
If anyone is interested in WA feel free to throw some questions.

Thanks for the trip report. It is similar to a trip that I did a few years ago, as my brother lives in Perth. We climbed the Karri trees and visited many of the places you mentioned. We also headed north from Perth. I recognise your low fuel saga. It’s miles between filling stations.

Ah, Pemberton, the town that time forgot! We went to the main supermarket there to get some pasta. It was on the top shelf and there was so much dust on top of the packets that we drew our initials on them and put them back, as we noticed that the east by date was some three years prior. Obviously not big pasta eaters there.

A great trip.

with such beautiful and fun things to do in WA I wonder why so many Australians come to Europe to go walkabout....

Jennifer hoping to head back over again in the near future and head a good way north.

That sounds wonderful! One of these days...

We got as far as Exmouth heading north, but unfortunately didn’t have time to drive the loop so had to take the same road back south. It’s a long way between places up there!

Love WA.
What's the latest regarding Covid restrictions while traveling within Oz in general and WA in particular, ie proof of vax, mask requirements, anything else to be aware of? Tx

Masks required on planes and on public transport. Not required on tour buses in WA. No proof of Vax required to enter anywhere. No proof of Vax required to enter Australia.