After saying our goodbyes to Ian,
Judy, Jake and Kane we were packed and headed onwards south along the coast to
Cerventes. We were lucky that our
friends from Karratha had arranged for us to stay with family here and, even
better, they were lovely enough to allow us to use their holiday home located
across the road so we had a bathroom to ourselves. Upon arriving, Garry and Cathy greeted us and
invited us over this afternoon to watch the AFL grand final. A quick set up of the van and then I made a
few rice paper rolls and we all headed across the road to watch the game. The girls had fun playing with the dog while
we settled in for a few hours for the game between the Hawks and Dockers….
unfortunately it wasn’t Freemantle’s day and the Hawks took home the
trophy. We had some neighbours in the
house next door to where we were staying today and the girls made another new
friend, Atalia, who was the granddaughter of our neighbour. They spent lots of time playing including
getting out some board games – good going!!
We went for a little bit of a drive around town this afternoon including
to a lookout over the bay of Cerventes but there wasn’t much happening and it
was quite cold so home we went for the night.
Today we packed our bags and
headed to the Nambung National Park to see the well-known Pinnacles
Desert. We parked the car and went
straight into the Interpretive Centre and there was a whole range of gorgeous
pictures of the Pinnacles as well as lots of specimens and information on the
wildlife and flowers found here. This
didn’t interest the girls or Josh so we grabbed the hat pins for the girls and
got out of there to see the real deal. You
can either walk through the Pinnacles or drive the track – of course we drove,
but we did stop at a few spots to get out and walk through them. There are literally thousands of these rocks
poking out of the ground, a few even growing to as high as about 4 metres
tall. The most noticeable thing is how
YELLOW it is here. There are very
minimal shrub due to the vegetation struggling to stabilise in the sand due to fires
and strong winds. There are plenty of
tourists here but maybe this is mostly due to this weekend being a long weekend
in WA? Upon leaving the Pinnacles, we
drove further south to see what else there was along the coast. Not far down the road was Hangover Bay. This bay, similar to all the others along
this gorgeous coastline, has lovely clear clean water and is quite a calm bay,
perfect for the kite surfers. The stop
just a little further south was Grey which we kind of compared to all those run
down shacks along the Hawkesbury River back at home. This looks like a pretty popular spot for
Perth-ians that venture out of town for their weekends away. However, the shacks are in pretty bad
condition – no mod cons around here.
Some people have attempted to build their own outdoor areas; this
consists of an old timber platform just big enough to dump an old sofa on the
top – many with no shelter to keep them dry.
Our last tourist spot for the day was back in Cerventes at the Lobster
Shack. There are tours that you can do
in the right seasons but they weren’t running at the moment. It is just like a fairly small café where you
can buy lots of seafood – both freshly cooked or frozen. We had a quick wander around but there wasn’t
much to look at so back home we went.
The kids went into the house to play board games with Atalia while Josh
and I enjoyed some quiet.
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