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Pinnacles Desert, Lancelin

Pinnacles Desert, Lancelin - feature photo

Lancelin is around an hour and a halfs drive north of Perth, Western Australia and is home to the Nambung National Park, Pinnacles Desert and Cervantes beach. Cervantes beach is famous for its world class windsurfing. (Noted on the International Windsurfing Circuit.) If you don’t like the water you can always go sand boarding on the giant sand dunes if you don’t mind cleaning sand out of your ears for the next few days.

The remarkable stone columns are known as the Pinnacles, some are several feet tall others only come up to your ankles. These Pinnacles were formed from tree roots that once penetrated deep into limestone. Due to water being active in the limestone, calcite was deposited around the roots. Then the softer limestone was eroded away over time and left the Pinnacles remaining.

If your looking for someone nice to stay which is reasonably priced, we stayed in Lancelin Lodge which was a rather nice 4 star hostel which cost from $23-$55 a night.

I also recommend taking the Big Foot American school bus for a ride over the sand dunes… awesome!

My Lancelin travel photos

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  1. Hi Folks,
    I came across your blog while surfing on Google. Really impressive and creative territory of yours. I am also a travel freak and loves unveiling hidden territories. Otherwise I am a journalist by profession covering aviation and travel. I will appreciate if you visit my blogs as well, can assure you won’t regret.

  2. Hi Folks,
    I came across your blog while surfing on Google. Really impressive and creative territory of yours. I am also a travel freak and loves unveiling hidden territories. Otherwise I am a journalist by profession covering aviation and travel. I will appreciate if you visit my blogs as well, can assure you won’t regret.

  3. wow… what a nice view !
    it’s so peace… and that rocks is like grow from the sand.
    i wonder when i will able to visit that kind of place 🙁

    is there any wildlife there ?

  4. wow… what a nice view !
    it’s so peace… and that rocks is like grow from the sand.
    i wonder when i will able to visit that kind of place 🙁

    is there any wildlife there ?

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  7. Hi Alexs,

    Nice photos! I am a travel and photo lover. I haven’t been to Australia but really want to go after seeing your photos..

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    Grigo

  8. Hi Alexs,

    Nice photos! I am a travel and photo lover. I haven’t been to Australia but really want to go after seeing your photos..

    I named your blog as my favorite travel blogs in Blog Day 2007 (Aug. 31 2007), please check out in my blog: blogs.bootsnall.com/Grigo.

    Grigo

  9. Hi Alexs,

    What nice photos! Really beautiful! I like them very muich. I ‘m hoping more of them.

    Branny

  10. Hi Alexs,

    What nice photos! Really beautiful! I like them very muich. I ‘m hoping more of them.

    Branny

  11. Congratulations on a splendid selection of photographs! I have placed a link to your Australian collection in the belief that visitors to our travel community would enjoy it as much as I. Well done!
    Greetings from Cape Town.

  12. Congratulations on a splendid selection of photographs! I have placed a link to your Australian collection in the belief that visitors to our travel community would enjoy it as much as I. Well done!
    Greetings from Cape Town.

  13. Awesome travel site and pics. This is a terrific lifestyle and your pictures are excellent – I would love to visit Lancelin.

  14. Awesome travel site and pics. This is a terrific lifestyle and your pictures are excellent – I would love to visit Lancelin.

  15. Great to get a real person’s insight into an area like this, meaning an area you don’t always see alot of information on. Keep traveling, can’t wait to see all your other travels!

  16. Great to get a real person’s insight into an area like this, meaning an area you don’t always see alot of information on. Keep traveling, can’t wait to see all your other travels!

  17. wow, australia really have some incredible nature!

  18. wow, australia really have some incredible nature!

  19. The view is very unique, just like in a fiction. Good Photograph you take.

  20. The view is very unique, just like in a fiction. Good Photograph you take.

  21. Great view and unique as well. You would nt find something like this anywhere else.

  22. Great view and unique as well. You would nt find something like this anywhere else.

  23. lol… nice post, really good view.
    i want to go to there this year 🙂

  24. lol… nice post, really good view.
    i want to go to there this year 🙂

  25. Nice spot. I think sunset must be special.. I’m looking forward going there, after leaving Manly!However I guess it’s difficult to find good accommodation over there, isn’it?See you soon, Pinnacles…

  26. Nice spot. I think sunset must be special.. I’m looking forward going there, after leaving Manly!However I guess it’s difficult to find good accommodation over there, isn’it?See you soon, Pinnacles…

  27. Lancelin is an awesome place to go!, the beach is so beautiful 😀
    and the dunes are huge!!! good place to go FWDing haha

  28. Lancelin is an awesome place to go!, the beach is so beautiful 😀
    and the dunes are huge!!! good place to go FWDing haha

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  31. Just arrive in Perth and looking for something to do which is cool, this weekend! Thanks for the idea! Looks awesome, and yet to hear bout it. Do you know if the waves are any good up there!

  32. Just arrive in Perth and looking for something to do which is cool, this weekend! Thanks for the idea! Looks awesome, and yet to hear bout it. Do you know if the waves are any good up there!

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