Henry White Oval at Yanchep was a hive of activity early in the morning – not only human activity getting ready to leave but wildlife- the kangaroos and birds were out in force. Two Australian Ringneck parrots came for a visit – one even landing on Trev’s hand briefly…

Our next campsite was at Milligan Island Eco Camping Node near Green Head, which was only just over 2 hours away, but we were going to visit the Pinnacles Desert in Nambung National Park on the way as Matt, Sharon, Klaus and Beryl had never been there – and it is such a unique landscape that they could not miss seeing it!

On the way as we drove further from the suburban area the scenery was filled with Grass Trees – so many it looked like a farm of them! The banksias were out in flower and looked stunning.

Large white sandhills appeared on the horizon and we stopped at Wedge Island lookout to take in the coastal vista for a moment – it was truly beautiful – gleaming sandhills, turquoise water, small rocky islands and the waves breaking out on the far reef….

We arrived at the Pinnacles and went in to do the Desert Walk through the Pinnacles – whose origin is still up for discussion as to whether they are the remains of an ancient forest or just mineral outcrops formed in the sand dunes…. They do look like petrified trees (or trees saturated and then dries leaving the minerals to harden the dead trunks….)

The flies were fairly relentless for those who had dark clothing on, and some required the use of a flynet… Trev tried to assist as fly-swatter but was not a great success….

The required group shot was taken near some of the largest pinnacles…

Trev checked with one of the rangers and they were happy for us to put up the drone to take some aerial shots…. An amazing perspective of how extensive the Pinnacles Desert is..

We drove on to Jurien Bay and stopped for fuel – a very helpful guy actually pumped the diesel for us – great service at the BP…

The Jurien Bay bakery beckoned so we succumbed and grabbed some lunch there.

The wildflowers were coming out and looked gorgeous…

We arrived at Milligan Island eco camping node after a short unsealed drive – passing more beautiful white sandhills and set up the vans. The sites were great – level and well set out – however the site allocated to Gordie and Kerry who arrive tomorrow was a little slopey – se we had to work out a different alternative for them tomorrow.

After setting up we walked down to the front beach – which was small with white sand but a bit weedy…

There was a rock formation out in the bay that looked like a wrecked pirate ship – as I did not have my big lens on, I could not get a good close up – but will do so sometime over the next couple of days while we are here.

We took a short drive along the dirt track from the camp to Point Louise which is a known surf break – the coastline along here is very rugged with limestone cliffs that are fragile and prone to collapse – but make for great pics with their interesting formations.

Trev spoke to some surfers who had come up from Perth to surf Point Louise – they use a boat the take them out to the reef to avoid the long paddle out….

We watched the sunset from our little front beach, then went back for dinner…

After dinner Trev shared what he had been reading this morning from Luke’s Gospel as we sat around and had coffee…

Trev taught the others how to play Hearts – and we had a lengthy game which ended up with Trev winning (how did that happen????)