Friday arrived and it was time for Markus to leave his “Bachelor Pad” beside the Murray River and pick up Ginnie from the Perth Airport. She was sad to leave her mum in Sydney but very happy to be reunited with hubby and back on the road. After a cuppa and catch up with friends Paul & Helen Molyneux and family we were on the road again. It was a fairly late exit from the city on a Friday afternoon so 100kms later we pulled up at Gingin for the night. Saturday saw a slightly wet start & spectacular drive with sun & showers alternating.

Sun above and showers ahead. Stunning!

Lots of these in the outback. Hate to be paying for those tyres!

Roadside wonders – the Saw Tooth Banksia and attentive Bee 🙂 These flowers range from black through brown, green, yellow, pink & orange on the one bush!

When we arrived in Cervantes it was sunny & very warm – just in time for lunch… and what does one have for lunch in Cervantes?

The Indian Ocean Lobster Factory is in Cervantes. The pics below show a lobster boat unloading & the crates of lobsters ready for export. A cold water spray puts them into a dormant state for their journey to foreign shores.

 After a delicious lunch we headed for the natural wonders around Cervantes: the Stromatolites at Lake Thetis and The Pinnacles Desert.

These strange limestone pillars can reach up to 5 metres tall and are scattered over several acres in the Nambung NP. How they were formed remains a mystery and they have been buried and re-exposed over the centuries!

Yellow sand in the foreground with pinnacles everywhere… huge white sand dunes behind and then the turquoise ocean and endless sky… what a scene!

A relaxing end to a great day of discovery around a camp fire at Tuart Reserve… ahh the serenity!