4 November - Lake Thetis, Hansen Bay Lookout and Nambung National Park

4 November 2016 – 194 241

Lake Thetis, Hansen Bay Lookout and Nambung National Park

This morning we went to Lake Thetis and looked at stromatolites and thrombolites.  

https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/lake-thetis

https://www.visitpinnaclescountry.com.au/see-and-do/attractions-national-parks/lake-thetis-and-stromatolites

https://www.australiascoralcoast.com/destination/lake-thetis-thrombolites

We then had a look over the beach near Cervantes from Hansen Bay Lookout – the water was a great variety of colours due to different depths and different types of seagrass affecting the colour.  

We then went to the Pinnacles Discovery Centre in Nambung National Park – apparently the pinnacles come and go from the visual landscape as the sand dunes cover and uncover them over time, but no one actually knows much about how they are formed.  We then took a walk amongst the pinnacles (1.2km, 30 minutes), followed by a drive through the pinnacles – an amazing landscape, so truly desert and yet only a few minutes drive from the ocean!  

https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/park/nambung

https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/pinnacles-desert-discovery-centre

https://www.westernaustralia.com/en/Attraction/Nambung_National_Park/56b266d92880253d74c4f03c

https://www.westernaustralia.com/en/Attraction/Pinnacles_Desert_Discovery_Centre/56b268ded5f1565045dac093

From here we headed south, taking a few detours to admire the remains of the wildflowers.

We stopped in at Yanchep National Park for Hayden to look at the koalas, we may return here another day to look a bit more and tour the cave. 

https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/park/yanchep

We arrived in Perth in the late afternoon, we are staying at Karrinyup Waters Resort for at least the next week.  After dinner we all had a short soak in the heated spa – lovely!

https://www.kwr.net.au/