Thursday, February 14, 2008

Pinnacles in Nambung Nat'l Park

We've already spent three nights in the tents. The first night was a nightmare; we didn't properly set-up the roof tent and the loose sunroof of the tent made a horrible noice because of the strong winds. Karin didn't sleep at all. The wind also broke one of the fiberglass poles of the little dome tent, so Pieter, who was in that tent, didn't get much sleep either. Fortunately, both Emma and Janne slept fine. Things improved considerably from there. We figured out the correct way to set up the roof tent and bought a new dome tent. Next two nights, we slept like babies (all of us). Oh, yes, one more thing: while I'm posting this blog in the local general store, Pieter is buying some nuts and bolts, to repair the ladder of the roof tent, which broke last night ...

Apart from this little setbacks, the Nissan is a great way to camp. It comes with all the necessary camping equipment; gasstove, pots and pans, plates, cups, bowls, cups and even a fridge! Once you got figured out where everything goes, it works very nicely.
The day before yesterday, we spent a day shopping for extra camping items and repacking all our things to ensure we'd have to most used items handy and all other things (e.g. warm clothes), tucked far away. Yesterday, we drove from Perth to Cervantes, to Nambung Nat'l park and the famous pinnacles desert. The pinnacles were very interesting and also kind of special, because it was allowed to drive through (a part of) the park, walk in between the pinnacles and even touch them. To our experience, this is usually not allowed in national parks.

Photo's will be added as soon as we have opportunity to resize them first. Uploading them full size takes too long.

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