Pinnacles Desert

Visiting Period

Spring, 14 September 2010 (Sunny)

My husband was having a 5 day convention in Perth, so I tagged along :) For me Perth is another vibrant city of Ozzie. It's not as big and complicated as Sydney, and traveling within the CBD is pretty easy. Love the free city CATS!

Our tour bus

I've been dreaming of visiting a desert, and visiting Perth opened my opportunity :) I signed up for a daily tour to Pinnacles desert with Western Travelbug for AUD170. The trip to Pinnacles Desert itself takes 3 hour return, so you can drive if you want. I don't drive and I like to have company while traveling.

A super shy Kangaroo at Caversham Wildlife Park

En-route to Pinnacles dessert, we stopped by Caversham Wildlife Park. Although I've been in Ozzie for 2 years, it's my first time feeding Kangaroos. Yucks! saliva all over my palms.. but.. it's a worthy experience :) The best was I've got some awesome photos of super cute Koalas!!! A note to remember.. there're no Koalas in Western Australia!

Uuuugh.. can I join napping?

Then we visited Cervantes beach. The sand was super white in contrast to the turquoise ocean water. I've been to Hyams beach in the Southern Coast of New South Wales. It was claimed to be the beach with the whitest sand in the world, but somehow I felt the sand at Cervantes is whiter.. ha ha.. I should have taken some samples for comparison :p

Cervantes beach

We got lucky a few times in this tour. Firstly, it was mating season for Mr. Peacock, and we got to see him showing off his plumage! Awesome!!! Secondly, a blue-tongue jay-walking in front of our bus en-route to Cervantes.

Look here my Dear!!!

The Blue-tongue

We spent 1 hour in Pinnacles desert. And, I found endless numbers of photogenic odd looking pinnacles. The weather was super fine. We were lucky! blue sky and breezy (about 23-24 degrees I believe). The bad thing was, there were lots lots of FLIES!!! they would attack your eyes, nostrils, lips, ears, everything!!! But with those wonderful shots I've got.. it was a war worth fighting for!!!

The Pinnacles Desert

Transportation

• Perth city CATS
• Fremantle city CATS
• Western Travelbug Mini Bus
• on foot

Accommodation

Sullivans Hotel ***

This hotel is more like a business motel to me. The room was small, but was quite clean. Only 2 small little soap bars and a shampoo/conditioner set were given for 2 fully grown adults. Very noisy. Slamming doors of guests going in/out the rooms. In the morning, your room smelled like the kitchen. It was pretty cold during our stay, so have no idea about the old bulky Window air-con in the room (could be noisy).

Surprisingly, there are lots of pensioner guests in this hotel. Maybe the food is good? too bad we didn't try. Or the rate is good? My husband booked this hotel through his convention agency. It's pretty expensive for such a room standard.

The good thing about this hotel is that the city CATS bus-stop is just in front of it. Another possible reason for why it's popular among pensioners?

Useful Links

Transperth
Welcome to Western Australia
Experience Perth
Perth Tourist Centre