Day 91: Cervantes (Day 1)
After some wet days the weather was nicer today, so we spent the morning exploring the art trail in Cervantes. We found metal alien robots, zebras who had crossed a road, a shark playground, and many more. The kids also got a swim in the first heated pool we've encountered since Alice Springs.
In the afternoon we drove south to Nambung National Park to visit the Pinnacles Discovery Centre and to go for a walk through the Pinnacles Desert. Unfortunately the 4km driving loop through the park was closed because of damage to the road from a very wet winter. Instead we walked out into the park. The Pinnacles are columns of rock that stick out of the sand dunes around them. Scientist are still not sure how they were created, but one theory is that they are petrified trees. While walking through we found Pinnacles that has birds nests on them, lots that had holes in them, and a few kangaroos eating dinner as the sun was starting to set.
Once we had a good look around we headed back to the carpark to join our Pinnacles Night Tour. First they sent us back out to the Pinnacles for a look around another section of the park before we circled back to where we were earlier. Then we had a yummy dinner before they pulled out the telescope and we got to look at some of the constellations. The dark skies here made star gazing very easy. Just before we headed home Saturn came high enough above the horizon for us all to have a look through the telescope to see the planet with its rings with our own eyes.
