{"id":8050,"date":"2023-02-22T20:52:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T09:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rjjc.net\/home\/?p=8050"},"modified":"2023-08-04T14:14:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T04:14:07","slug":"denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rjjc.net\/home\/denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So… after enjoying everything that Albany has to offer we pointed the cruiser back west and drove the 230km to Denmark<\/a> on the Wilson Inlet<\/a>. We didn’t stay in Denmark<\/a> itself but headed on a little further to the Big4 Denmark Ocean Beach Holiday Park<\/a>, which is situated close to the opening of the Wilson Inlet<\/a>. The park was quite big but the sites were roomy enough and well spread. The location felt a bit isolated but that’s not necessarily a bad thing!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Boston Brewery tasting paddle and peach lemonade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Boston Brewery<\/a> ran a courtesy bus to the van park and so we took advantage of it one afternoon. It proved not to be one of the stays highlights. The setting of the brewery was quite lovely but the food was only average and, unfortunately for Rob, it’s another brewery that has a manic passion for ‘pale ale’ (yuck, yuck and yuck again). They did do a reasonable ‘Nut Brown Ale’ and a ‘Stout’ that partially saved their reputation for Rob. Jo enjoyed an alcoholic ‘Peach Lemonade’ or two…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dam<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

On our way to and from Greens Pool<\/a> we noticed a a place called ‘The Dam<\/a>‘. The thing that primarily attracted us was the opportunity to taste marron<\/a> for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Dam entry<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>
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The Dam rockery<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>
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The Dam outlook<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>
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The Dam entry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

A little bit off the South Coast Highway<\/a>, you drive down a short dirt road to discover a number of large dams, which are the marron ponds. As you approach the main building you pass a small plot of plants that turned out to be a commercial hemp crop. The Dam<\/a> also operates a distillery and uses the hemp to produce their spirits<\/a>. They also brew beer and make a range of wines.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Dam outlook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Marron, Octopus and Dukkah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We settled in for a late lunch there and enjoyed some share plates of marron, pickled octopus and bread with oil and dukkah. The marron was very nice but in terms of value for money we both felt that we were paying for the venue more so than the food. In that respect, despite being a beautiful place and a magnificent setting, we were left feeling a little disappointed. It would probably have been better with a larger group. As it was it was a little quiet and subdued…<\/p>\n\n<\/div>

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The Denmark<\/a> coastal area is has numerous natural attractions including Greens Pool<\/a>, Elephant Rocks<\/a>, Sinker Bay and Waterfall Beach, all of which are quite stunning in their own particular way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greens Pool<\/h5>\n\n\n
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Greens Pool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Greens Pool<\/a> is a stunning natural sea pool set on a white sandy beach nestled amongst granite outcrops and boulders. It is very popular with tourists and this was the case when we were there but not so crowded that you couldn’t find a spot to yourself if you wanted it.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Greens Pool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We weren’t up for swim that day so we elected to walk up and over the granite outcrop on the left side to view the area from a bit of height. The beaches on the southern coast of Western Australia are much more like the east coast rather than the red dirt of the western coast but the water still seems to have that glassy green’ish colour that is quite mesmerising and calming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elephant Rocks<\/h5>\n\n\n
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Walking up over the granite outcrops for a few hundred metres brings you around to Elephant Rocks<\/a>. This is another sheltered beach that is dotted with large exposed granite boulders some of which stand around 9m out of the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One rock in particular seems to be a favourite jumping rock with young folks scrambling up the rock spine to leap down into the crystal clear water below. We watched a number of people do it and it seems to us that the 9m leap is actually the easy part. The scramble up the sharply sloping spine of the rock looks like a great way to enjoy a broken bone or two if you lose your grip and\/or balance. Two young girls in particular looked extremely precarious at one point but did manage to get to the top and hurl themselves back off. Kudos to them.<\/p>\n\n\n

Sinker Bay<\/h5>\n\n\n
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Black Hole Rock<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>
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Sea salt pool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sinker Bay is a rocky inlet area on the Denmark coast that sits in contrast to the calm green waters of Greens Pool<\/a> and Elephant Rocks<\/a>. The ocean breaks straight onto Black Hole Rock in a ceaseless effort to wear it down into the ocean. Once again we came across a fair size gouge in the rock that contained a sizable amount of salt that had crystallized from sea water that had washed in and evaporated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A testament to the power of the sea was a large rock pool about 2 metres above the water line that had a plate-sized Wrasse<\/a> swimmming around in it. It had either been put there by a fisherman or washed in by a tidal surge. It didn’t seem to perturbed about its predicament swimming in and out from under a rock ledge (see video).<\/p>\n\n\n

Waterfall Beach<\/h5>\n\n\n
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Waterfall Beach is exactly what is named. A beach with a waterfall! Having said that… it took a bit of searching to actually find the waterfall. We turned the wrong way once we got onto the beach and found a small trickle of water coming down the bank and thought that was it but it didn’t quite match the pictures we had seen before getting there.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Waterfall Beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

So we set off in the other direction and noticed a washout cutting through the sand down into the surf. tracking that back to the low cliff we we found the actual waterfall as it tumbled out of a cleft in the rock, spilling into a small rock pool before cutting a washout through the sand into the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On our way back we passed another couple who remarked about how ‘unremarkable’ the eaterfall was… We quietly pointed them in the direction of the actual waterfall, for which they were most grateful…<\/p>\n\n\n