Sleep called so did not see the “New Endeavour” sail but later when we went to Point Moore Lighthouse, we could see the sails out at sea. After breakfast at “Dome”, right on the shimmering white beach and blue ocean (You can tell the we love this coast), we called into the Geraldton Museum. This section of the coast is named “Batavia Coast” as the Abrolhos Island where Pelseart’s ship “Batavia” was wrecked in 1629 is just off the coast. The museum holds the history of this wreck and of others that occurred just off this coast.
We then set sail for Lesueur National Park which covers almost 27 000 hectares. It has a variety of landforms and therefore a diverse range of flora. As we kept seeing new varieties of wildflowers, it was back to “Jo! Stop the car” or “Jan! We haven’t seen that one before” so it took us some time to drive through the park!!! It is an 18.5km one way road and you have to stay on the bitumen road but there are lay-bys where you can stop. Where you can walk, they have shoe cleaning stations to ensure you do not spread “die-back”. We had a very late lunch at Cockleshell Gully a picnic spot in the park.
Our next port of call was Nambung National Park where the Pinnacles, a unique and spectacular place. Limestone pillars of all different shapes and sizes rise from the dune sands. They are contrasted with the dark greens of the heath that surrounds them. We arrived at 4.30 PM and did the discovery Drive – another one way 4km loop. Around the drive, they had the same lay-bys so that you could park and walk around the pinnacles but you were not to touch them. We then drove back around and found a spot for the sunset. Cars were all lined up with photographers jockeying for a spot. We finally arrived at Lancelin about 7.30PM
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