Friday, September 30, 2016

Day 21 Nambung National Park to Perth

White sand dunes... 
and the ocean at Lancelin.
Tobogganing down the Lancelin Sand Dunes.



Numbung National Park and .....
The Pinnacles.



Friday, September 30th.
Today was the last day of the trip. We moved out of our hostel before sunrise and left without breakfast. We drove for a couple of hours to the town of Geraldton, where we stopped at some cafes on the high street where we could get coffees. I had the usual cereal breakfast. We went sandboarding here just out of town. We drove to a beach and climbed a large white sand dune and instead of boarding down we tobagganed. I went down once and then went for a nature walk to a lookout point over the bay. Then we boarded the truck again and drove until lunch to another town. We had our usual picnic lunch in a median by the road. Half way through it started to rain so we finished quickly and moved on. Damien checked the radiator one last time.

Our last point of interest was Nambug National Park and the Pinnacles Desert. When we got there it was still sprinkling or drizzling. However, as we got out of the vehicle it let up and the sky cleared a bit. With the sun and the wet yellow sand the colour, lighting and mood was really nice. I walked around by myself enjoying these interesting shapes. Scientists are not sure exactly what they are but, it is possible that they are fossilized plants. The prevailing theory is they were buried under a series of sand dune years ago and when the dune shifted they were exposed to the elements and began to erode into the shapes that are here today.

After that we continued our drive to Perth. As we drove I noticed hundreds of a unique plant that was growing along the road or in the surrounds. I wanted to get a shot and Damien obliged by pulling over. It looks like a cross between a grass and a palm.

We arrived at the YHA Hostel drop off point in Perth by 6:00. Damien came in to talk to us and started by saying that he heard a guide one time say to his group: That's it have a good rest of your life”. He told us he really enjoyed our group, our sense of exploration and our work ethic. Then it was time to say goodbye to each other. It was sad to say goodbye to Anja, Albert, and Gudrun, as I had been with them for three weeks. That's it, all done. But I don't fly back to Melbourne for two more days!

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