We are exploring the coast north of Perth now. We stopped a couple of nights at Cervantes - a small sleepy development with a huge holiday camp... to be honest all the coast is a bit like that... lots of small sleepy developments most of which have some older more ramshackle buildings but they are surrounded by completely new buildings that look or feel like second or holiday homes... We went to the shop in Cervantes for an ice cream and we walked through the small town.. we didn't meet a single soul and yet the holiday camp was absolutely packed to the gills! We would have prefered to be on a smaller less commercial camp but they are less common around here and consquently full... this was ok and we had a nice spot almost on the beach ...
Using the holiday park as the base we went to the Namberg National park to look at the Pinnacles. It was a glowering sky promising more torrentail rain (we had serious rain the previous day)
is a large area of desert with lots of spiky pointy rocks of various sizes (which you are not allowed to climb on). We got up and went really early - so early that when the ranger arrived she asked us if we stayed the night right next to the no overnight camping sign. We explained we were just having breakfast and she was quite chatty.. and then we went to have a look around the Pinnacles. We had already determined that we couldn't take the car as it was a bit of a dirt track even though it was quite flat but we decided we would rather walk it. We lost the walking posts almost immediately and deviated off on our own little adventure. The Pinnacles were quite interesting they were very different some of them looked like they had birthed the alien eggs - with holes in the middle - some of them were quite tall and others with short and pointy.
There was an emu wandering about. Because we were there so early there was hardly anybody there which was really nice and also there was a serious absence of flies which was also a relief.
We spent an hour or so wandering around the stones, taking too many photos and trying to get close ups of the Emu... and then we went back to camp via Thirsty Point which wasn't very exciting except that the road been washed away!! By the time we got back to camp the infestation of youth had reached a critical peak... it was bedlam.. lots of people enjoying themselves and us being grumpy grey nomads... but it was chaos and noisy... but I have to say if you are a family this campsite is perfect - with a pool and plenty of space for ball games and bike riding and an enormous camp kitchen with room to ride your bike in should you need to... just not the place for two people who would rather be bush camping... however what I really like is the friendliness extended even to grumpy old brits like us... hard to not smile and get on with it. 🙂😍🤩🦘 esp when everyone turns out for a spectacular sunset... the colours and the reflections over the sea made this a particulary good one...
Wowsers! It does look lovely - the Pinnacles place looks fab with the sand almost glowing. I feel your pain on the grumpy old Brits front! Bluddy young folk 😖😁 xx
ReplyDeleteJust enjoy the heat, the sunsets and a g+t if you can get one. It’s cold and grey in the uk tho still fun to wrap up and get onto the beach with the dogs.
ReplyDeleteWe loved the pinnacle desert, had never heard of it until I saw Billy Connolly running around it in the nude on one of his travelogues, so obviously had to go. You’ll be relieved to hear we both kept our clothes on. Looking forward to a catch up to hear your tales of wild adventure. xx
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