It is one of the few roads that often you can have a view of the sea. Unfortunately in Australia the road is more often than not miles away from the sea, I was disappointed when driving in the Sunshine Coast as you couldn't be by the sea most of the way.
Thats why the Ocean Road out of Melbourne is so famous as like many of our NZ drives it actually follows the coastline.
The seaside town of Jurien Bay was a tourist spot and we had lunch at Cervantes which is the town know for its lobster fishing. We did stop at the Lobster Shack and bought a nice size uncooked cray for the bbq for $40.
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| The view from the beach in Cervantes |
The next stop was the Namburg National Park which contains the Pinnacles Desert. The Pinnacles are limestone formations that rise out of yellow sand dunes. The formations were 1000s of years ago buried underground and covered with sand which then eroded away over time. They were mainly unknown until the 1960s when the National Park was formed and the area opened up. You can drive through them but we opted to do the 1.8km walk around them which great. They are pretty amazing and you do feel though you are in the middle of a desert miles from anywhere. |
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