Tall Timber Tingles

I'd never heard of "Tingle" Trees previously!

But we encountered more amazing giant trees as we made our way along the south coast of WA and came to Walpole.

(And South Coast, means we have finally had to dig out the jumpers and tracksuits, as in the usual southern fashion 'Spring' means changeable, with some chilly days and brisk breezes.)

There are evidently three different types of Tingle trees, that are slightly different in appearance and the common name comes from the lazy Australian way of saying the Aboriginal word for them.

They only appear in this area of Australia, (I think) and they are amazingly 'huge'.

The "Giant Tingle Tree", near Walpole

Fantastic trunks!

 Yep! I spotted 'more' wildflowers!

Shows the difference between a Karri tree on the
LHS and a Tingle tree on the RHS

Tingle Trees and other vegetation along the Deep River, near the Nornalup Inlet, leach tannins and saponin into the  water giving it a deep, dark brown coffee colour. And the saponin contains some kind of foam inducing product, so where the river bubbles over the rapids etc, it makes a very frothy kind of foam. Cappacino anyone?

"If all the world were ... coffee..."

         The mountain goats doing their usual thing!