Walpole Nornalup National Park is about 400km south of Perth, Western Australia. It is one of the few places where you will find stands of karri forest right up to the water’s edge, whether it be near a river or one of the inlets. Apart from the towering karris, one of the other unique trees of the region is the tingle tree, with its massive lower trunks. There is of course another local tree that has been grown Australia wide, especially in suburbia – the red flowered Corymbia ficifolia.
The Deep River, Frankland River and Walpole River flow into the Nornalup and Walpole Inlets respectively. There are heavily forested areas in the Walpole Nornalup National Park and to the north with Mount Frankland National Park. Giant granite outcrops or monadnocks within the forest can be found at Mt Frankland. A region with rugged coastline, with Conspicuous Cliff and Mandalay Beach popular destinations.
Houseboat Walpole on the Nornalup Inlet. You will have to squint to see the houseboat it is the white spec on the left. This image needs to be big to enjoy it! One of the few mornings when I have found Nornalup Inlet to be totally smooth and not a breath of wind, although higher […]
Reflections Walpole Nornalup Australia. I am sometimes asked how I set out to make a particular landscape photograph. The impression is that I control the conditions under which I photograph. This is of course far from the case. I have no control over the conditions I will find on location. That does not mean I […]
Walpole Nornalup National Park Paperbark tree, photographed near Walpole reflects the tranquility on a quiet afternoon. Everything was still which is unusual. It’s right near the coast where you can hear the sound of the southern ocean’s pounding waves in the distance. Although there was no breeze where I stood, late afternoon clouds move across […]
Karri forest Walpole on the Nornalup Inlet. One of the more unusual locations where you find a small section of beach and karri forest up to the water’s edge. The Nornalup Inlet at Walpole has many moods, wild and woolly when those southerlies come blasting through, peaceful calm to misty and mysterious. There are two […]
Paperbark roots Walpole: located about 400km south of Perth, on the south coast, surrounded by magnificent karri and tingle forests, several rivers and two large inlets, Walpole Inlet and Nornalup Inlet. This photograph was made in the few remaining minutes of daylight, with me struggling to focus and compose an image on the ground glass […]