So excited to be heading North, our first stop was a cheaper campsite called "Sandy Cape" close to the little seaside town of Jurien Bay. It cost us only $13 a night here, we were right on the beach and were camped under a lovely big shady tree.
Waited till near sunset to drive to the nearby Nambung National Park where we were absolutely gobsmacked at the beauty and grandeur of the famous Pinnacles Desert. You have probably seen photos of the Pinnacles, these yellow rock formations jutting out like teeth from the earth, and we expected an area the size of a football oval with these rocks and a big fence around where you could look and not touch. Well we couldn't have been more wrong. They were the most awesome display of nature we have ever seen. It looked like a virtual graveyard of rocky tombstones, all different shapes and sizes, and they were as far as the eye could see. You could drive you car in and around them, the track must have been a couple of km in length, and you could stop and get out and touch them and photograph them and sit on them, whatever you liked. We were like a couple of pigs in mud with the camera, capturing every angle and as the sun set, it was a photographers paradise. The scientific explanation of the Pinnacles is that "they were formed thousands of years ago when ancient plant roots formed a weak cementation of calcite within the dunes and have been exposed by wind and shifting sands". If you ever get the opportunity the Pinnacles are a must see. We predict that in the years to come they will be fenced and you wont be able to get near or touch them, so we are so thankful we were able to experience them, and they have have been our trip highlight to date.
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