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Up before the Sun
Early start at 5.42 am.
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Pink Glow beyond the Sand Dunes
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Hansen Bay at 5.46 am
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Ultralight Aircraft in the Sky
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View along the Beach
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Cervantes Sunrise #1
The Sun is rising beyond the Sand Dunes.
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Cervantes Sunrise #2
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Cervantes Sunrise #3
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Cervantes Sunrise #4
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Cervantes Sunrise #5
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Cervantes Sunrise #6
Time: 5.54 am.
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Pink Glow of Dawn
Ultralight Aircraft in the sky and sea-mist rising.
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Ultralight Aircraft above the Sea Mist
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Sea Mist rises
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Pastel Colours of early Morning
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The Soft Pink Light of early Morning
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Sunlight touches the Beach ahead
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Walking towards Thirsty Point
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Lone Seagull at water's edge
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Seagull on the Sand
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Sea Mist is still rising
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Looking back towards Sea Mist
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An early morning Beachcomber
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Seagull in the Sunlight
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Kelp washed up with the Tide
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Hansen Bay in Pink and Blue
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Seagull searching for Breakfast
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Long Shadow of early Morning
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Gentle Ripple of the Waves
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Sunshine on the Island
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Washed up by the Tide
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A tiny Shell
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Pristine Beach
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Footprints in the Sand
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Sunlit Sea Grass
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Seaweed left at High Tide
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From Nature's Sea Garden
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Wet Sand
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Ultralight Aircraft overhead
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Ebb of the Tide
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Sea Weed on the Water's Edge
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Sunlight on the Islands
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The Largest Island
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Thirsty Point Lookout above Sand Dune
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Edge of the Sand Dune
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Footprints in the Sand
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Sea Urchin
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Sea Urchin and Sea Weed
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Beach Spinifex on Sand Dunes
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Nature from the Sea
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Sea Sponge
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Webbed Footprint
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A fallen Feather
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Exposed Roots of Spinifex
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Ripples in the Sand
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Lone Cuttlefish washed ashore
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IMG 1029
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A Fisherman casts his Rod
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A new Day has dawned on the Beach
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The Beach at 6.45 am
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Sea Rocket on the Sand Dunes
Cakile maritima.
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Sea Rocket
Cakile maritima.
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A New Day shines on Cervantes
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Fisherman's Glove Tree
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Fisherman's Float Tree
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Waterwise Succulent
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Kalanchoe Bells
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Plant in a Teapot
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Cervantes Airstrip
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Cervantes Airstrip
Meeting passengers from a charter flight in time for the Pinnacles Morning Tour.
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Information about Cervantes
A townsite which took its name from the Cervantes Islands. There are three islands in all, about one and a half miles south west of the townsite. They were named after the ship "Cervantes" which went down here in the 1840's.
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Map of Cervantes Townsite
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Anchor from the Italian Barque Europa
Wrecked between Jurien and Cervantes in 1897.
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Plaque re Anchor
This Anchor from the Italian Barque Europa wrecked between Jurien and Cervantes in 1897 was recovered by a team consisting of divers from the WA Maritime Museum, Bill McLay and other fishermen from Cervantes in April 1986.
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Trees line Aragon Street, Cervantes
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Communications Tower and Water Tanks
Water from an inland bore is pumped to the tanks, then gravitates to the supply the town with water.
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Bus Stop for the Greyhound
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Time to board the Greyhound for return journey to Perth
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Low Scrub through the Bus Window
I don't normally take photos while travelling, but have included a few shots from the return journey to show the surrounding countryside.
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Wattle in Bloom
Green and Gold -- the colours of Australia.
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Wildflowers to the Horizon
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Rounding the corner at Cervantes Turn-off
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Farmland
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Emu Downs Wind Farm
30 kms east of Cervantes.
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Emu Downs Wind Farm
Commenced operation in 2006.
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Emu Downs Wind Farm
The 48 x 1650kW turbines give the wind farm a total capacity of 80MW.
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Emu Downs Wind Farm
It is expected that Emu Downs will produce enough electricity to power 50,000 homes per year and produce carbon dioxide emission reductions of about 280,000 tonnes per year.
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Roadside Wildflowers
Badgingarra National Park.
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Badgingarra National Park
Thankyou for viewing and I hope you enjoyed these four albums of The Pinnacles and Cervantes as much as I enjoyed my visit to this special place.
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