The Pinnacles

The Pinnacles are another place on my list of places I must see to have gone around Australia. Huge limestone pillars poking out of the ground? That I’ve got to see!

Travel blog the Pinnacles

Travel blog the Pinnacles

What I hadn’t expected was the huge amount of land that The Pinnacles cover. They just keep going and going. We spend most of the day there, horrified that people are just driving around such an amazing place. The breathtaking site of thousands of limestone fingers of various sizes poking out of the ground greets us. The heat is something we hadn’t anticipated, beating down from above and reflecting up from the sand.

Travel blog the Pinnacles

We leave to go to the beach during the heat of the day, and return at sunset. It is absolutely stunning, and we love it.

Travel blog the Pinnacles

Jarrad and I rise at 5am the next morning, and quickly get ready before we carry the sleeping kids into the car. They are mostly awake when we reach The Pinnacles and unhitch the campervan in the car park. We drive into The Pinnacles proper, and enjoy watching the sun rise over the limestone fingers.

Travel blog the Pinnacles

Travelling Australia in a campervan since 2009 with our four children aged 4, 7, 10, and 11. We are a family living on the road. Stopping to work in rural and remote towns as we need more money, we love this lifestyle. The four kids are homeschooled as we work our way slowly around Australia.

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Travelling Australia in a campervan since 2009 with our four children aged 4, 7, 10, and 11. We are a family living on the road.
Stopping to work in rural and remote towns as we need more money, we love this lifestyle. The four kids are homeschooled as we work our way slowly around Australia.

Comments

  1. Trish says:

    I love the PInnacles too. Brings back very fond memories and awe and wonder of them.

  2. Wow, EPIC! I love watching your adventures. They inspire me to start an adventure of my own.

    We decided two weeks ago that we were going to travel Australia. We set out on the 1st May 2013. We are doing Northern Australia so we will miss the pinnacles, but maybe on the next trip?

  3. Lisa Wood
    Twitter: newlifeonroad
    says:

    Gosh that is incredible – cant believe people drive past it and miss it? Gorgeous!

    • Amy and Jarrad
      Twitter: livinontheroad
      says:

      They are fascinating. It was interesting to read that even though Dutch explorers landed very close by in the 1600s, there was no record of them having seen the Pinnacles, and there are no Aboriginal dreamtime stories about them.

  4. Spencer
    Twitter: whichhotel4me
    says:

    That would be amazing to look at! Reminds me a bit of the Colorado National Monument.

  5. Adam
    Twitter: travelsofadam
    says:

    Never heard of this before but it looks amazing! I really loved the nature in Australia when I was there years ago. But I didn’t venture out too often—I was always afraid of running into some creature that would probably kill me, hah!

    • Amy and Jarrad
      Twitter: livinontheroad
      says:

      You have to be particularly careful of animals in Australia. The worst is the drop bear, but our snakes are cute and cuddly. :) Seriously though, if you come back, the best parts are in the outback … where you have to drive 1000 km to get to the next thing worth seeing.

  6. Mark
    Twitter: accent_center
    says:

    Incredible landscape! I’ve never seen anything like this.

  7. This is on my list too, of things I’d love to see in real life but haven’t made the time to do so yet. You’ve captured some spot-on photographs though so thanks for that! :)

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