Days 245 to 254 The WA coastline from Kalbarri to Cervantes
Our first stop after Kalbarri was Horrocks Beach. There was great scenery on the drive – agricultural country once we left the national park. There was also lots of sand hills and rolling hills.
Horrocks is a small community – with not much to do there! But…. the view as we came down the hill towards the township was spectacular!
Horrocks Golf Course
View from 8th Tee
While at Horrocks we tried fishing – no luck as usual! We also played the 9 hole sand greens course (as there wasn’t anything else to do! – it had some nice holes so we enjoyed the walk.
Horrocks is not a place we would visit again despite the fantastic views as you approach the town.
Our next stop was Geraldton. It is not a town that stands out on our trip but is larger than most places so far in WA. The coastal scenery in the town was lovely but there was a bit too much weed around at the time we visited. 
One highlight was our visit to the HMAS Sydney Memorial. It is spectacular – a fitting tribute to the lost sailors.
East of Geraldton
We did a drive to the local winery with Lois and Eric one day – only to find that the winery had shut down a month ago!! We went to the lavender farm instead and had a great afternoon!
Lavender Farm
Lavender
We played golf at Geraldton GC on father’s day. We were welcomed in the Sunday comp – Pete was the only guy (the men play Saturdays and don’t venture out again on a Sunday!). Very fittingly Peter won the match 2/1! Geraldton was a nice course to play.
Wildflowers on golf course!!!!!
Dongera was our next stop just a little south of Geraldton. On the road from Geraldton south we stopped and marveled the leaning trees! The trunks are horizontal due to the prevailing southerly winds.
Sheena did the coastal walk at Dongera! It was beautiful! We did some sightseeing around town – Dongera and Port Denison exist on either side of the Irwin River and the scenic drive around both areas was lovely. That evening we had a huge storm with lots of strong winds and ……. the van leaked!!!
It cleared up a little the next day and we moved on to Jurien Bay travelling along Indian Ocean Drive.
Jurien Bay is a small fishing town (the weather was lousy so no fishing attempted!).
Jurien Bay was our base to visit the Lesueur National Park, Cervantes and The Pinnacles.
Lesueur NP is a wildflower lover’s paradise! There is an 18.5 km one-way bitumen road that takes you through the park with stopping bays and walking trails along the way. Yet another area that was well worth the visit. Wildflowers were abundant – as were grass trees (they are everywhere in this region – amazing!).
At Cervantes we enjoyed more spectacular ocean views and had a great meal at The Lobster Shack
– another ‘must do’ experience.
The Pinnacles are thousands of limestone pillars rising out of the dune sands in Nambung NP. Some of the structures rise to 5m tall! They make for an amazing site and again it has been made very easy for visitors to view the scenery.
Our next stop was Perth. Wildflowers, sand hills and ocean views abounded on our trip south! What a great drive!
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