It was time to move on and our destination was the Granite Skywalk, it opened in 2012. The Porongurup National Park is about 50kms out of Albany inland but there are no campsites there.
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| Us at the top |
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| The balancing rock on the way up |
The walk up to the skywalk is about 4.4kms and they say allow 2 hours as it is rather steep, a Grade 4 walk. It was a lovely walk with lots of wildflowers and of course you got a view as you climbed. The skywalk is cleverly constructed but you still have to climb over large boulders which is rather tricky in some places. Its so worth it as the views at the top are 360deg.You need to climb up a 7metre ladder on the side of the a huge boulder to reach the top.
We were lucky as the clouds were increasing and just
after we left it poured with rain. We drove to the Stirling Ranges with the thought of doing a walk up
one of the mountains Mt Hassell the next day,they say its about a 3hr walk rising to 885mts.
We found it surprising that there was only the charge to get in the National Park, no extra to do the skywalk as it evidently cost a $1 million to build. Well done Western Australia parks!!
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| The skywalk from a lower level |
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| Lloyd clutching the grip, you had to pull yourself up. |
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