...Perth, done...Northward Ho...


    Today we bade farewell to the West Australian Capital, and made our way northward up the coast.

    About 2 1/2 hours up the road, is an area, I can remember as a young lad, that the Leyland Brothers told us about.

    The pinnacles are a collection of limestone formations.  There is some debate about how they formed, some say acient reefs whilst others say formed by limestone replacing the voids left by rotted trees.      

    However they formed, they are bloody spectacular....


  

There's alway a vandal ....





Some are HUGE!
        




Amazing formations...

  


  After we left the Pinnacles we headed further north, passed through Cervantes, a town famous for lobster fishing.  

   A typical fishing town, but judging by the size of some of the houses dotted throughout the town, lobster fishing pays pretty well......


    Tonight we find ourselves in the small fishing town of Leeman, our efforts towards camping along the coast........when you look up a camp ground, check  the web page for it...say that looks good......and then you drive to it........THEN they tell you you need to book on line........at a place with no internet coverage........luckily Bev was able to cover her ears just in time.........We are at Leeman caravan park tonight!

       Tomorrow is another day.....



    

       




    






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