We had a night at each of these two spots on route to Perth. The drive along this stretch was stunning, with an increasing number of wildflowers amongst pastoral land. In areas whole fields were washed with colour….purple, yellow, pink. Even the kids took in interest in the changing landscape at this point.
Kalbarri is a small town set on the mouth of Murchinson River opening out to the Indian Ocean. Here the mix of calm inlet waters and wild open coastal waters was quite appealing. The surf reminded us fondly of home, after mostly very calm ocean waters for a long time. We walked out to Red Bluff to look along to the coastal ‘gorges’ and visited a seahorse breeding nursery. It was fascinating viewing tanks full of varying growth stages of little seahorses which were being bred for retail, aquariums etc to conserve natural populations. It was very informative and the kids came away with the plan to add some seahorses to our to-be pet list.
Cervantes is another small coastal town some 250kms north of Perth. It is the closest township to the remarkable Pinnacles. Thousands of limestone formations stand out of the sandy desert, only kilometres from the sea. The big kids had a ball playing hide and seek amongst the pillars while we watched the sun set in the distance. It really was one of the most unique environments we have visited on the trip.
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