We left from Taipei yesterday about 5:45pm. The layover in Singapore was 1 hour and 50 minutes- just enough time to deplane, change terminals, use the facilities, find the gate and board the plane for the leg to Perth. Arrived Perth about 5am. Nice flight, exited the plane and left lots of spices at the customs office before collecting the rental car and driving to Cervantes where we spent the night.
At the customs area, there were lots of signs asking folks to declare any food items to help protect Australia’s agriculture. Jennifer and I each had a suitcase full of goodies that we showed the customs official. We got to keep most of our tea and coffee and ground spices but all the spice seeds that were not ground weren’t allowed in. Neither was the tea that wasn’t labeled with the scientific name. We were not surprised we had to leave items. We were both happy with how much we were allowed to bring in.
Along the way to Cervantes we stopped at a number of lookouts, rest areas and parks. Many areas along the way were burned either recently or not so recently. We had lunch at Cervantes (fish and chips for me and lobster soup for Jennifer)before checking in. After unpacking we went out to see the Pinnacles of Nambung National Park at sunset. Jennifer had seen them earlier in the day but I stayed in the shade because I was getting overheated. I wasn’t super impressed with them this evening. I thought they would be surrounded by water but they were just in the sand and folks were walking all around them so it wasn’t as natural as I expected either. Unfortunately it was a place I was looking forward to seeing and one reason we went to Cervantes.
Some of the rest areas & stops were:
- Breakfast at Lil’ Sistas in Yanchep
- Poseidon statue
- Nilgen Nature Reserve
- Lake Thetis at Namburg National Park to see the stromatolites (microbial communities that look a bit like rocks)
- Pinnacles of Nambung National Park
