1 Day Pinnacles Tour - Perth, Western Australia
We took a 1 Day Pinnacles Tour ($145) with the Aussie Wanderer and it was indeed a fun trip. We waited for the Aussie Wanderer to pick us up at the Wellington Station around 7am. There were 13 of us in this 1 Day Pinnacle Tour.
Our first destination of the day is the Maze Wildlife Park. We get to pat the Koala (we were told that Koala has very sharp claws and we were asked to pat only its back), meet the emu, cockatoos birds, kangaroos and walk through the Maze. It took us around 20 minutes to walked through the Maze. :) Glad that we were not the last team! Right before we went into the Maze, we enjoyed our morning tea with a yummy biscuit.
Our first destination of the day is the Maze Wildlife Park. We get to pat the Koala (we were told that Koala has very sharp claws and we were asked to pat only its back), meet the emu, cockatoos birds, kangaroos and walk through the Maze. It took us around 20 minutes to walked through the Maze. :) Glad that we were not the last team! Right before we went into the Maze, we enjoyed our morning tea with a yummy biscuit.
Koala
The Maze
The Maze
The Maze
Next stop is the Indian Ocean Rock Lobster Factory in the coastal town of Cervantes. We took a multi lingual tour and we get to see how the lobsters were inspected, graded, purged, packed and finally exported live. After the factory tour, our tour guide has prepared us a beautiful simple lunch - hot dog with bread and some salads.
The Rock Lobster Factory in Cervantes
Our 3rd stop of the day is the Pinnacle Desert in Nambung National Park. We took the desert view walk of 1.2km and later dropped by at the Discovery Centre to learn how Pinnacles were formed and what makes them so unique.
This is what we found out at the Pinnacle Interpretive Centre:
Scientists believe that the story of pinnacles begins off shore, where shell fragments break down to form fine-grained sand rich in calcium carbonate (lime). At the water's edge, beach sands accumulate as a mixture of shell-based sands from the ocean floor and quartz sands carried by the rivers from the hinterlands. Blown by strong winds, the beach sands form extensive dunes along much of the coastline.
As rainwater comes into contact with the dune sands, it dissolves the calcium carbonate grains. As the dunes dry out, the calcium carbonate recrystallises and cements nearby sand grains together, forming limestone. This process underlies the formation of the pinnacles. Just how limestone formed in the shape of pinnacles continues to puzzle scientists.
The Pinnacles Desert
Pinnacles
Pinnacles
Pinnacles
Our cool tour guide from Aussie Wanderer
Final stop of the day is the amazing Lancelin sand dunes. Supposedly we can try the unique sport of sand boarding on these massive sand hills but we were unlucky as those sand boards were unavailable. Ended up our cool tour guide showed us how to roll down the massive sand hills without the sand board! Only 3 out of 13 of us took the plunge to roll down the massive sand hills.
We were impressed with our tour guide who did a fantastic job not merely as a tour guide but a great cook, driver and entertainer. We had a great time and it was an amazing tour!
Our foot steps towards the Lancelin Sand Dunes
Lancelin Sand Dunes
Lancelin Sand Dunes
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