Jurien Bay

We headed to to the beachside town of Jurien Bay. It's two hours north of Perth so is a popular spot for weekenders, and is growing at a good pace. 

After a bit of free camping we pulled in to a park beside the beach. They had a three day mid week Black Friday deal so we grabbed that. 

There's no surf to speak of along these thousands of kilometres of WA coastline. Reefs a kilometre or two out to sea take all the energy from the waves. 

Really like this idea. 

Another coastal town where the foreshore has been done really well. Heaps of places for families and groups to picnic, BBQ, kick a ball and play.

Stockyard Gully Cave is a 300 metre long tunnel that is a flowing creek when it rains. The bees at each entrance... huge hives. 

We drove south to the Pinnacles National Park. 

We have fond memories of the kids playing hide and seek last time we were here 20+years ago. 

Stromatolites are significant because they represent the oldest evidence of life on Earth with some of them up to 3.5 billion years old.
We missed seeing them at Hamlyn Pool near Shark Bay because the walkway was damaged by a cyclone three years ago.
To be honest, they're not much to look at but as they are very significant but extremely rare it was good to say we've seen them!

We did a tour of The Lobster Shack at Cervantes. Really interesting. Massive operation in a huge industry. It was good to come away with a better understanding.

A slow start to the day today as we're only moving 20km south-east to a free camp for a few days' relaxation after this strenuous stop 😉