Big Brook to Drafty's Camp Ground

Our campground was near Big Brook Dam so after packing up we drove up there for a walk. It was a pretty area with lots of massive Karri Trees around. The dam itself wasn’t too big and the water was actually quite warm.

In Pemberton we filled up our water and drove to the tourist information Center. As it happened we were lucky enough to find a local wildlife care taker at the center with a few joeys (baby Kangaroos). It was so cute seeing them from up close!

One of the main attractions around Pemberton are the big Karri Trees. A handful of them you can climb in. So we drove to one of them first; the Gloucester Tree. It was very busy but that didn’t withhold Sander from climbing to the top of the 68 meter high tree like a well-trained acrobat. I (Monique) was surprised how many people actually did the climb up as it is an unsecured climb on pegs. Even parents with little children had a go!

After lunch our next stop was The Cascades, which sadly, aren’t really spectacular at this time of year.

We decided to check out a nearby campsite. On our way there we passed one of the other Karri trees you could climb in; The Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree. It was way quieter here so Sander decided to climb this one as well, and even I went up at least 15 pegs…lol!

Sander stayed up the top that long that I thought he was going to camp up there! When he finally came down we drove to Drafty’s camp ground and found a really nice spot under the trees near the river.

As it had been 3 days since we had a so called improvised shower with a tub of water and felt very refreshed afterwards.

The next morning we booked ourselves in for another day and spent the morning relaxing at the camp site.

After lunch we did a 10,5 km walk which was nice but steep in a few places. We brought our swimming gear and had a refreshing swim in the river. A cold beer from our little fridge was very welcome afterwards. Cheers!