Waiting for the Wildflowers

Perth, again.
We spent ten days at Kingsley, a northern suburb of Perth.
As we had been to Perth last year and had seen most of the sights we used this time to relax and see some of the coast to the north of the city.

The Pinnacles, near Cervantes, WA

Tuesday, 17 July 2012

The Pinnacles, near Cervantes, WA

We successfully exited the caravan park at Kingsley after some tricky driving manoeuvres by Crawf. We visited some of the small coastal towns on our way to Cervantes.

The Pinnacles, near Cervantes, WA

Cervantes is also a small seaside town which is most famous for being the closest and most convenient town to the brilliant "Pinnacles". The Pinnacles are millions of varying shaped rocks literally sticking out of the desert. From a distance they resemble a huge graveyard of headstones. There are several schools of thought as to how they were formed varying from a dead forest of fossilized tree trunks to chemical reactions between water and shells etc. We walked around amongst the rocks and were able to see some very tiny pinnacles which are forming in the sand.

The Pinnacles, near Cervantes, WA

The Pinnacles, WA

While in this area we also visited Lake Thetis where we saw some more stromatolites.