Day 99 Denmark

Today we drove to Denmark, this enchanting town finds its place amidst a stunning backdrop of karri, eucalyptus, jarrah, and tingle forests, creating a harmonious blend of natural beauty. Set on a tree covered hillside along the Denmark River. The Town was formed around 1895, when a high demand for timber from Europe and around the world and the nearby goldrush kept the sawmills in Denmark busy. Today Denmark is home to around 5000. The economy is sustained by tourism, farming, fishing and the arts.

We browsed the shops, walked along beside the river through Norm Thornton Park.





We travelled along the Scotsdale Tourist Drive to the Harewood Forest Walk a 2.8km Class 3 bush walk. Once stripped of its large timber in the late 1800s, it has now become a thriving regrowth Karri forest, waiting to be explored. Harewood Forest’s journey from deforestation to a vibrant Karri forest is truly a testament to the power of nature's regrowth. Home to tall Karris and Karri oaks with lush undergrowth.







We continued along the tourist drive to Green Pool which is exquisitely beautiful, the lure of the calm turquoise water and pristine white sand is amazing, we think the most beautiful beach we have visited on our whole trip. Set within William Bay National Park it has sheltered swimming perfect if the weather was warmer. Beyond the imposing rock guardians that protect the rock pool, the magic unfolds the further you walk along the beach.














We continued on to Waterfall Beach a wonderful secluded beach surrounded by rocks and beautiful hills and is the perfect quiet spot! A small waterfall meets the sea in a rocky crevice, creating beautiful, patterned sands in the waters.









Madfish Bay was just up the road which was really unusual because there were protective islands and with two inlets of water from the left and the right a high sandbar was created separating the water.






We then took another tourist drive to Ocean Beach which had the most beautiful road. White sands and impressive dunes stretch along the Nullaki peninsula. Ocean Beach Look-Out has views of the beach as well as the calm darker waters of the Wilson Inlet. It overlooks the channel between the Wilson Inlet and the Southern Ocean. A fantastic view of the meeting of water from the river and the Southern Ocean.







On our way back through Denmark going home we stopped at the Heritage Rail Trail/Bridge, at the mouth of the Denmark River and then winds it’s way along through the forest along the edge of the Wilson Inlet.







On our way home we called into Middleton Beach in Albany, it is my family name so I had to have a look. So glad we left this until the end of the day it was blowing a gale and very cold, so time then to go home and warm up.