We woke up to a different breakfast today..This time I opted for the english breakfast while Shane opted for the salmon with eggs. Both tasted equally good and I must commend Helen for her effort in making every breakfast meal so fantastic!
We bade a temporary farewell to her as we would be going back to Como B&B the following day. Our itinerary today is quite packed. We set off to our first spot: Yanchep National Park.
Weather wasn't great that day with heavy rain and strong wind. When we reached Yanchep Park, the rain was quite heavy. We waited for a while before it stopped and we saw the Koalas hugging the trees along the Koala Boardwalk...sleeping of course. They are active in the night though.
Saying Hello to us at Koala Boardwalk
We also signed up for a Crystal Cave tour in Yanchep Park. It costs AUD11 for adult. I must say this tour was very informative as the guide brought us down together with other people, explaining interesting insights about the formation of the cave and had been very entertaining. The tour is about an hour. Well worth the time!
Inside Crystal Cave
And then, something happened to our GPS. It suddenly require a PIN number to unlock the system before we can use it. This kinda caught us off hand although I have printed out some maps on the Google Map. GPS wasnt working and there is no WIFI in the vicnity. We finally saw some light when we dialed an emergency number to AVIS and luckily managed to unlock the GPS. Goodness! Little did we know that the GPS has a PIN to lock the system. It never happened to us during our trip in South Africa!
After making sure everything is fine, we made our 1.5h drive to Cervantes. Along the way, which is called the Indian Ocean Road, the scenery was stunning despite the light rain. We didnt see any wildlife along the way, no kangaroos..nothing..
When we reached Cervantes, it was already 2pm. I read that the Sea Breeze Cafe is well known for its fish and chips..so we drove there for our lunch. As expected, the serving size was really generous with huge slabs of fries and fish on our plate. We had a hearty meal!
Now Cervantes is a laidback fishing village that boasts of several lookouts like the Now Cervantes is a laidback fishing village that boasts of several lookouts like the Thirsty Point
and also Lake Thetis, which contains stromatolites, or known as the living fossils.. We took a walk around Lake Thetis and experienced the strong wind from the Indian Ocean at Thirsty Point Lookout.. what a way to relax!
En route to Lake Thetis
Stromatolites
At around 430pm, we drove to Nambung National Park, to visit the famous Pinnacles.Now this attraction is one of the must-see when you visit this part of Western Australia. We know from pictures that it is a desert with many natural formations but we are not sure how these come about..And along the way, we saw rainbow!
In brief, those formations at the Pinnacles are limestone formations and over time, it creates what we are looking here now..
Us At the Pinnacles
The Rainbow!
Spectacular Sunset!
The weather was great with gentle winds..You gotta pay a fee to drive your car into the Nambung National Park. Then you follow the directions to the Pinnacles Drive where you see all the formations. I took reference from this website which offers a great map on where are the better photospots for sunset photos since this is such a huge desert. True enough, the sunset was lovely with shadows spread across when the sunlight hits the formations.
Just key in the GPS coordinates and you be able to find your way there. So we spent some time doing some crazy stunts in this big desert and due to the rain, rainbows were formed.
Our sunset at Pinnacles ended when the rain comes by again. At that time,the sky has darkened and we've decided to head to Jurien Bay for our accomodation which is about 40mins drive away. Fortunately, there were no mishaps. We heard of dangers like kangaroos jumping out to the road during dusk and were very much worried about this. But it didnt.
By the time we reached Jurien Bay Tourist Park, it was pitch dark with no street lightings. As our accomodation is right next to the sea, you can imagine very strong winds with heavy rain. That night was a super duper cold night brrr.....
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