Wednesday, 10 April 2013

The Pinnacles and Kalbarri

Doing around 200-300km per day of travel, we moved up the west coast to Cervantes (where the Pinnacles are), and then on to Kalbarri.
After being inland at New Norcia, everyone was really pleased to see the ocean at Cervantes. It's a really nice little place, but we really just stopped in there for a night to see The Pinnacles. We were fortunate enough to see The Pinnacles at dusk, when these interesting rock formations are bathed in twilight and casting long shadows. As you drive and walk through them, they stretch for as far as the eye can see and look like some sort of ancient city. Well worth the visit (see photos below).
Our next decent stop was Kalbarri, which is a great spot right on the coast. After staying in some rough camp sites, we really enjoyed being in a caravan park that had plenty of grass, shade, and a pool. Our main sight seeing here was at the Kalbarri National Park, where we saw Nature's Window and some beautiful gorges. While we didn't have to walk more than a couple of kilometers in total, the 38 deg heat really tried everyone out. We were pleased to get back to the shade. We ended up spending 3 nights in Kalbarri - the swimming in the estuary, and beach fishing were all great. The girls particularly liked jumping off the jetty.
Photos below are-
1-3: At The Pinnacles at dusk
4: All of us sitting in Nature's Window at Kalbarri National Park
5: Tilly in Nature's Window
6: Z bend gorge at Kalbarri NP
7: Trying to catch crabs at Kalbarri
8: Jumping off the jetty at Kalbarri















2 comments:

  1. Amazing - fabulous photos. What a great trip you are all having. Safe travels xxxx

    Grace, Steve, Amber and Gemma

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  2. Yeah! Amazing Australia's Coral Coast

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