Friday is usually the boys day off school but with Nana and
Shelby having been around it has been on the back burner so it was a ‘short
weekend’ this time with heads down and bums up! While De was finishing of some
of with the boys in the van I took the opportunity to move the van forward
about 3 or 4 meters, warning her of course, so that I could get close enough to
a tap to fill the water tanks. Sounds easy...there was a small problem in that
1. I hadn’t let the dish water out of the sink and 2. All of the cupboards that
go around the top of the van were open. Well I made it close enough to the tap,
however as I slowly lurched forward all of the dishwater slushed backwards and
then forwards so that it went all over the floor. By the time it was on its way
it was met by a myriad of plastic containers, bottles of oil, chip packets and
pretty much every other thing you may expect to see in your pantry. I must say
however that all of this is only hearsay as being the semi intelligent human
being that I am I stayed out of the van and out of harm’s way - but secretly I wish I had sneaked in to get a photo!
We hit the road and headed for the Pinnacles, another one of
our “Are we There Yet” musts sees. Having seen heaps of pictures of them I
wasn’t sure how excited I would be but I am happy to report that I really
enjoyed them. There is a 4km drive through the main area where the Pinnacles
are so we decided to just drive around quickly the first time and then stop at
the good ones/areas on the second time around. It was a great idea but the
problem was we still stopped at almost every pull over place as there was
always something different about them. Whether it was their shape, colour, back
ground, size etc etc; it seemed to be worth stopping for a look. It was a
pretty hot day so we were pretty happy to be driving around in air conditioned
comfort!
We headed into Cervantes in the hope of finding a
information centre to get some local knowledge. No such luck! I get the
distinct impression that this part of WA is pretty happy with the way things
are and us tourists seem to be a fair way down the pecking order. I wonder if
they were just a bit more open that they might find a few more stopping by for
a night or two rather than just moving on like we did! However before we rolled
out of town we visited Thetis Pool to see the Stromatolites. Having never
heard of these things before, I was very interested in learning about them and
their environment. They have pretty much been around since day dot and were one
of the first things to produce oxygen. The little mounds that they make as they
live grow at 0.3mm, yes mm, per year! Apparently there is some more further
north that are a meter tall but I was pretty impressed by these little suckers!
Being Friday we had to get moving as Sandy Cape, a council
‘free camp’, is pretty popular especially over the weekends. I say ‘free camp’
as this cost $15/night which I somehow consider to be ‘Free’ compared to the
$40 - $60/ night we pay at most van parks. We hadn’t been set up long when the
boys found a couple of kids, Declan and Charly from Maitland NSW, who were camped
just nearby. It wasn’t long before toys and stories were being traded and they
had a great afternoon running a muck!
We had a late dinner as it had been a while where the boys
had really had a good opportunity to mix with other kids, and we were left to
ourselves so it was a pretty easy choice! It was a beautiful night. The sky was
clear and the stars shone like a thousand candles, it was good to be away from
the city.
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