Leaving Geraldton we headed inland through the hills in the hope of seeing more of the spectacular wildflowers the area is known for. We visited Mullewa, Pindar and Coalseam Conservation Park over a period of several days, and we were not disappointed. There were wonderful displays all along the roadsides, on the fringes of cultivated paddocks and scattered through the bushland. Of particular interest were the unusual wreath flowers, with many others and us following hand painted signs for kilometres along sandy bush tracks just to see them.
From Coalseam we travelled south through Mingenew, Three Springs, Carnamah and Eneabba before rejoining the coastal route near Leeman. Taking the time to quickly check out Leeman we also had a look around the seaside villages of Green Head and Jurien Bay before arriving at Cervantes and checking in to the caravan park. Cervantes is the closest town to the well-known Pinnacles desert where we spent an entire afternoon looking around this unusual natural attraction. There is a virtual forest of limestone pillars sticking up out of the desert sands, all within sight of the ocean. It seems that the scientific community is still quite divided on how they were actually formed but there is loads of information at the excellent visitors centre to allow us mere mortals to form our own theory.
It is an easy half day drive from Cervantes into Perth and after taking care of finding and checking into the caravan park we went straight into the city to meet up with Sue’s sister and brother-in-law for a couple of drinks at one of the inner-city pubs, it was really great to see them again after so long. 
From Coalseam we travelled south through Mingenew, Three Springs, Carnamah and Eneabba before rejoining the coastal route near Leeman. Taking the time to quickly check out Leeman we also had a look around the seaside villages of Green Head and Jurien Bay before arriving at Cervantes and checking in to the caravan park. Cervantes is the closest town to the well-known Pinnacles desert where we spent an entire afternoon looking around this unusual natural attraction. There is a virtual forest of limestone pillars sticking up out of the desert sands, all within sight of the ocean. It seems that the scientific community is still quite divided on how they were actually formed but there is loads of information at the excellent visitors centre to allow us mere mortals to form our own theory.
It is an easy half day drive from Cervantes into Perth and after taking care of finding and checking into the caravan park we went straight into the city to meet up with Sue’s sister and brother-in-law for a couple of drinks at one of the inner-city pubs, it was really great to see them again after so long.
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