No Danes in Sight

Denmark unsurprisingly for a place in the middle of Australia does not seem to have any Danes living there. It does however have a wine industry that whilst not rivalling nearby Margaret River is fairly impressive. Alas I had got driver duties for the day, so didn't do much wine tasting, but we did find a good toffee factory where I got to eat a fair bit! Denmark itself is very nice, has a good bakery and a not so good indian restaurant. One of the vineyards advised us to go to Indigo "a great little restaurant" however the curry I got was like stuff you'd get out of a tin and the basmati rice bore a striking resemblance to boiled rice, definitely not worth the $25 I paid. the locals however had obviously never been to any other indian restaurants as they were raving about it - very strange. Nearby was a place called the Valley of the Giants which is a forest of huge trees with a walk that goes about 40m up into the tree-tops which is a bit mad. There was a nice beach nearby, but alas we chose to go on a very windy day, so just got sand into most body crevices! There's also an amusing mini zoo that has Koalas, Kangaroos, alpacas, bison, goats and a large number of rabbits which Sally proceeded to spend about an hour with and had to be dragged out of cos we had to go to Augusta. Augusta (or more specifically Cape Leewin) is the point where the indian and pacific oceans meet. You couldn't get right up to the point as it was inside the compound of the lighthouse which was closed so we watched the sunset sat on a rather windy but impressive beach. Our next stop was Dunsborough and Margaret River where we did a bit more wine-tasting and also found a chocolate factory and a place called "Candy Cow" which was a good sweet shop. There was also a nice beach right by the hostel and that night was a full moon so we had a beer on the beach (which I think may be illegal)and watched the stars. The next day we decided to lie on the beach all morning as we hadn't been on a good beach since Coral Bay, then went to a nearby famous cave called Ngilgi Cave then drove to Freemantle.