We started today with a short drive and a detour to a lookout to admire the Karri forest, where both Simon and Mike gave us a history lesson on the Forrest industry by way of a comical and cleaver rap, which almost had us rolling on the ground in fits of laughter. We started the hike  where we finished yesterday in the Karri, Mari, Jarah forest. Today we were accompanied on our walk by the very knowelable Simon who is a wiz on not only naming every native flower and tree, but the whole ecology of the area. We are also fortunate to have Kathy on the trip as she is extremely knowelable on plant and bird life. We hiked for 8 klms through the forest in sunshine, a contrast to yesterday’s rain which was a blessing for nature as it made everything smell fresh and alive. We then headed towards the coast for morning tea and another two slices of delicious homemade fruit cake, and piping hot tea which was carried  Simon and his offsider Anja. Then the fun began a 6klm beach walk, at first we were all very apprehensive until we realised the sand was quite firm. We were scattered along the beach enjoying the breeze from the ocean, I was in front leaving the girls encouraging messages in the sand. Sadly on the beach we came across a seal pup which seem to have lost its mother, and was badly dehydrated, nature can sometimes seem to be cruel.