Pinnacles Desert Nambung National Park WA

Pinnacles Desert - Nambung National Park, Western Australia

23rd September 2012
The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia overlooking the Indian Ocean, September 2012.



The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia, September 2012

Magnificent is really the only word to describe the landscape at the Pinnacles Desert in Nambung National Park. These ancient limestone pillars of the Pinnacles, some several metres tall are scattered across the desert in their thousands and they overlook the Indian Ocean.  Some are as high as three and half metres, the Pinnacles date back millions of years to an epoch when the sand was beneath the sea. The raw material for the limestone of the Pinnacles came from seashells in an earlier era that was rich in marine life. These shells were broken down into lime-rich sands that were blown inland to form high mobile dunes.





The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia, September 2012

The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia, September 2012

"The Gray's Do W.A." The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia, September 2012

The Kids at The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia, September 2012

The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia, September 2012

The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia, September 2012

The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia, September 2012

I just love this series of photos taken by Brendon of the Galah's the Pinacles.  This Galah has the best view around!

Galah at the Pinnacles WA - image 1

Galah at the Pinnacles WA - image 2 showing the whole landscape.
The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia, September 2012


Black-faced Woodswallow's resting ontop of the Pinnacles, Western Australia, September 2012

Black-faced Woodswallow's resting ontop of the Pinnacles, Western Australia, September 2012

Black-faced Woodswallow's resting ontop of the Pinnacles, Western Australia, September 2012






The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia, September 2012

The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia, September 2012

The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia, September 2012

The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia, September 2012


I am not sure what birds have made these hollows at the Pinnacles,, but they remind me of  the pardalote nesting holes that we see at home in Qld.

The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia, September 2012

Miss K,  at The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia, September 2012

Pinnacles and the Indian Ocean, Western Australia 2012



Our lovely kids enjoying The Pinnacles, WA, Septetember 2012

Miss K at The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia, September 2012

One of my favourite photos from the visit - takein on my Iphone4!  The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia, September 2012

Entrance Signage to the Pinnacles Desert at Nambung National Park, WA, September 2012

White-cheeked Honeyeater at The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia, September 2012 


White-cheeked Honeyeater at The Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia, September 2012 




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