Cervantes - The Pinnacles

The main reason for Cervantes being a popular tourist destination, aside from its large lobster and fishing industry, is the Nambung National Park which is home to the famous Pinnacles Desert.

The area is covered with varying coloured sand and here there are thousands of limestone pinnacles in a multitude of shapes and sizes. They range in size from 2 metres thick at the base up to 5 metres tall.

 These pinnacles where formed thousands of years ago when ancient plant roots formed a weak cementation of calcite within the sand dunes and have been exposed by wind and shifting sands.

Definately an alien landscape - soft, silky sand everywhere and then these crazy calcite pinnacle formations creating an amazing and surreal view.

In the background is another large shite sand dune along the foreshore . Eventually the vegetation will take over the back of this dune as it has with some of the older dunes in the area. 

After the drive to the Pinnacles - Geoff decided it was beer o'clock, and I decided to go for a walk to the beach where our caravan park was located. As you can see the clouds that threatened rain all day were starting to roll further north leaving a clearing blue sky and silvered waters.

The jetty at Cervantes.

The vegetation is trying to take over this sand dune but the lime, wind and further drifts of sand are making it tough.