Well, it was time to leave Perth. Of course, as it has been for us for a lot of this trip, the weather fined up just as we were leaving Perth! Unfortunately to keep on schedule we couldn't afford the time to stay in the region and head to Rottnest or for Nick to get on a charter, so we hit the road again and ended up in Jurien Bay.
On the way we stopped at the Pinnacles - basically a whole heap of rocks coming up and out of the desert sand. It was pretty cool, and there's a good information centre on site explaining the history of the area and the theories behind the rock formations. I don't know that I'd make a special trip to see them, but if you're in the area it's definitely worth a look. Apparently they look even better on sunset.
The pinnacles
More of the same (there's thousands of them!)
This one is just to give you an idea of what it's like. There's a 4km track that weaves in between the rocks (2WD access). It's a bit hard to see in this photo, but if you squint you can see the ocean in the background - pretty amazing.
Not far from the Pinnacles is a little town of Cervantes - famous for it's lobsers!!
We've met some really interesting characters on our trip, none more so than the bloke who took this picture. He was an orphan who had been abused by the Christian Brothers. You've possibly heard of the guy as he is one of the 9 who have made sure the world knows of all the atrocities that went on with the orphans whilst under their care. It was terrible to hear about what went on and hard to know how to react except to thank him for sharing his story and to tell him how sorry we were to hear what happened to him. Interesting times...
After Cervantes we headed up to Jurien Bay to set up camp for the night. Possibly the coldest we've been so far, but a nice time all the same.
The sun setting over the water as Nick fished off the Jetty. He caught heaps of Pike but nothing too substantial.
The Wrap Up:
Glad we had: Fine weather!!
Wish we had: Warm bed!!
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