One of the things I got to do was to go on a treetop walk through the Tingle forest in southwest Western Australia.

The tingle and red tingle trees are amazing. They can grown from 45 to 70 meters high, and can be as much as 16 meters in circumference at the base. The red tingle is only found in one small area of the southwest section of Western Australia. They and other tingles date from when the land was attached to the supercontinent of Gondwana. Valley of the Giants, near Walpole, Western Australia.

A crow with blue eyes!

Tingle trees, Valley of the Giants near Walpole, Western Australia

Somebody left a message in the sand.

There were so many cool crossing signs throughout Australia. Love the Hiker's Crossing one!

The walkway was 40 meters at its highest point, and we were still below the canopy of the tallest trees--it was a whole new perspective, and a wonderful one!

We also took a walk through the "Ancient Empire," a boardwalk that wandered through the bottom of the forest. That was amazing, too. Another thing about the Tingle is that a lot of the trees have hollows in their bases, sometimes going all the way through to the other side. You could stand in some of the hollows and still look dwarfed. Yet the trees can live up to 400 years. They truly are remarkable trees.

We also drove to William Bay for a walk on the beach.

William Bay, in Western Australia. Time