August 12th
Didn’t even hear Deb and Mike leave this morning but when we got up their campsite was empty. We had elected to stay an extra night in Jurien Bay while they headed to Perth. We had a lovely day. We went for a walk out on the jetty while the kids played in the playground and then we came back and the kids did some school work (under sufferance – I have to say I have been pretty slack with the schoolwork – never mind I will have two weeks of school holidays to help them catch up).
We unpacked the bag on top of the car and sadly had to pack away some of the summer clothes and dig out some winter ones. We also packed away a lot of stuff we knew we wouldn’t be needing from now on which is going to make set up and pack up a bit quicker and easier.
We also sat down and did a rough plan of where we wanted to go after Perth and rang and made a few bookings. None of us can wait for Bussleton – they had a stay 2 and get 2 free deal on cabins so it worked out that it was only $70 more to stay in a cabin than it was to camp for four nights – we opted to pay the extra and have four nights of luxury.
At 
about 5pm we drove down to the Pinnacles so we could see them at sunset. I will confess to having fairly low expectations because all the photos I have seen they look like rocks in sand. Well I guess they were but they were impressive rocks in sand and there were thousands of them in varying shapes and sizes. They are limestone deposits in the earth and after walking out to the lookout we realised that the driving track you could do was literally a 4km drive right through them. We raced back to the car and started on the track not wanting the light to fade before we could finish it and I have to say it was excellent. Yes it was rocks in sand but like no other rocks in sand you will ever see.
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