We made our way out of Perth this morning and dragged the Eagle successfully all the way through Perth. Dave made a couple of wrong turns - the GPS instructions were a little confusing...
Stopped at Nilgen Lookout for morning tea on the way through and to take some photos of the grass trees. They are amazing, so many of them and so tall and with so many spears standing so tall across the paddocks, reminds me of something out of Madagascar.
Onwards them to Cervantes. Its quite a contrast, only 2 hours away from Perth and here we are in a small town that literally has only a couple of streets, a general store that sells everything a pub and a petrol station. The vibe here is so different to Perth. People look at you and smile and you can actually have a conversation with them and most of all they are happy.
The caravan park has been filling up quickly all afternoon with a constant stream of people arriving. Late this afternoon I walked past the office and there is a sign up now saying there full and overflow camping is available on the oval across the road. Not sure what the attraction is here but a lot of people come and seem to stay for quite a while.
We took a walk along the beach (so much seaweed) and had a swim. Today has been a very hot day in the mid - high 30s in the shade and high 40s in the sun - actually it read 48 but by the time I brought it inside and got the camera it dropped slightly.
So we couldn't wait to get wet, the water here actually feels a little warmer than the Perth beaches too. We were all enjoying a game of ball in the water and then Jadey got stung on the wrist. I managed to find the culrpit and small clear jelly fish with purplish tentacles. We all hopped out of the water and then it was off to the showers for her to try to stop the sting. She was left with quite a welted mark down her wrist for quite sometime.
We headed out to Lake Thethis to see the stromatolites. These stromatolites have been growing for about 3500 years. They are believed to be the worlds oldest living fossil.
From there we drove out to the Pinnacles, these are limestone peaks that vary in size, shape and diameter. We were amazed at how big the area is in the National Park where the pinnacles are. The drive around through the pinnacle dessert is 4.5km.
We finished off the day with yet another beautiful sunset, the evening is still warm but very pleasant - perfect for outdoor dining.
The topic of discussion amongst our camp tonight is should we keep going and head to Broome and just come back late for school and work or should we stick to the original plan - its very tempting to keep going. The jury is currently still out on this one, its only an extra 3000 kms.
I wonder if and when we will get sick of the beautiful clear water and the sunsets...
Travelled today 232 km
Total travelled 7122 km
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