DRIVING PINNACLES DESERT Australia Big Righthand Turn WESTERN AUSTRALIA
- Traveldriven
- Jul 11, 2017
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 31
DAY 5
INDIAN OCEAN DRIVE
Where can you see a ute parked on a pub roof?
I'll drink to that!
-Cunderdin local
Cunderdin
Is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The Cunderdin Pub Located 156km east of Perth in the small town of Cunderdin is designed on the 'Etamogah' cartoons.
Etamogah means 'Place of a good drink'.
The much older Cunderdin pub burnt down in 2000 and was rebuilt as the Etamogah Pub.
Seabird
A small quiet coastal fishing area just over an hour's drive north of Perth. Population eighty. The foreshore has suffered major erosion and is subject to much more future damage by storms. A good spot for lunch of fish & chips by the Indian Ocean. From Seabird, drive north for 290 km along the scenic Indian Ocean Drive to Geraldton. A change from the Southern Ocean to the Indian Ocean. Great to see the ocean again. 3000 km from Melbourne.
Pinnacles Desert of Western Australia
Driving due north of Perth and roughly two hundred km, turn right off Indian Ocean Drive to the Pinnacles. The turnoff appears quite abruptly. A short unsealed scenic loop track threads between the Pinnacles. Two-wheel drive accessible. $17 per vehicle (2024). The desert contains thousands of weathered limestone pillars. Some stand tall up to three metres above the yellow base. Many resemble short tombstones and are only a metre in height. While many others resemble tall stone columns.
Highly recommended are the Pinnacles Desert of Western Australia.
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Cunderdin - Seabird -The Pinnacles Desert
DRIVING THE PINNACLES
DESERT LANDSCAPE
DESERT VIEW WALK TRAIL
Seabird is a long way to drive for fish & chips.😋