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Cervantes - West Australia
Gap Year Travel Journal

(27th February) Cervantes
The town is nothing special and the campsite has to have the most dated facilities we have come across – didn’t think anyone still had tiles that drab and brown and in two clashing patterns too! Had lunch one day and dinner another at Thirsty Point overlooking the beach – nice little spot. There is a small lake inland that also has stromatolites like we saw up at Shark Bay but not on the same scale though (see photo above of Jo with her arms spread wide!). The highlight of Cervantes though is the Pinnacles Desert in the Nambung National Park. Mike had been here before and although Jo had seen photos and knew to expect upright limestone pillars she just wasn’t prepared for the sheer number of them. As you can see from the photos it as area of yellow sand desert in the middle of very lush green surroundings – the desert is some 400 hectares in size. There is a 3km sandy road winding through the desert which you can drive along and stop wherever to wander around. As we rounded the first corner Jo’s mouth fell open in amazement! Some of the pillars are up to 4 metres high. They are formed from a process of erosion wearing away the soft sand and revealing the tougher limestone beneath. It’s a very trippy place especially since there weren’t many people around so it feels quite spiritual and almost eerie at times like a huge graveyard full of tombstones. It took us a good couple of hours to drive round it all.