An early start to catch the tour that will start me off on the West Coast, Northbound! It's a small and nice group. 1st stop is at Lancelin where huge dunes pull in people for various kinds of sand-based sport- quads, bikes and sandboarding which is what we're doing. From the top of one of the huge dunes I can see the ocean- blue and twinkling. It's early and already hot, hotter still after running up the dunes a few times then falling down them! Between Lancelin and The Pinnacles I sit up front to chat to our tour guide and get a better view. The scenery is quite unvaried- a long empty road cuts through low shrub and spineflex grass which provides a green covering to what are essentially sand dunes. The sea is still visible most of the way and now and then tall sand dunes add a contrast to the blue and green.
The Pinnacles are strange geological formations, thousands of columns up to 3metres tall, limestone formed underground and exposed when surrounding land was eroded away. The aboriginal explanation of their formation is far darker though. They are beautiful and other-worldly.
After lunch the tour guide drove and we snoozed arriving at a place called Horrocks, right on the coast to stay the night.
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