When we finally departed Perth, we took Indian Ocean Road north along the coast out of the city. At Nilgen look-out, we got to take a walk among all these cool grasstrees:
And then at Wedge Point--and pretty much everywhere else along this coast--there was a pristine, empty white beach. I don't think they're so empty when it's a little warmer out; it's a bit too chilly for frolicking in the ocean, as we're still far south enough for it to be feeling like fall. But never fear, we're headed north to warmer climes. Is it getting boring, Blog Reader, to look at yet another beautiful Australian beach? Hope not.
One really interesting and unique sight along the coast was Lake Thetis, just outside of the town of Cervantes, and its stromatolites and thrombolites. These are the rock-looking things in this picture, but they're not rocks; they're actually microbial colonies, much like those that first formed from the primordial goo in the early days of planet Earth, before kangaroos and wombats roamed the land. :)
Maybe my favorite sight of the Turquoise Coast was a tad bit inland (and I mean just a tad bit--it kind of blends with the sky in these pictures but the ocean is right there on the horizon in some of them): Pinnacles Desert, which is a section of Nambung National Park near Cervantes. These rock spires, some 4 meters tall, made for really beautiful walking and picture-taking. Such a cool place.
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