As we were staying in the overflow area rather than in the caravan park there was no pressure to get packed up and gone so it was a more relaxed start to the day than usual. A bit concerned by the lack of accommodation here we thought we should book accommodation for the rest of the school holidays. As we are having trouble with the van fridge when it is on gas we will need to stay on powered sites until we get it fixed. It took us a while to get the next few days hooked up.
So it wasn't early when we got away today.
We drove for a while and then took a detour into the Lesueur National Park. Apparently It is a Laterite Landscape
The ancient sedimentary rocks of the Lesueur-Cockleshell Gully area have been distorted by a series of major faults and their surfaces partially laterised (a process of weathering that results in a crust of brown gravel). Drainage lines further dissect the country. Mount Lesueur itself, 2 million years old, a near-circular mesa that is a remnant of extensive erosion of the surrounding lateritic plain, is the area's highest feature. To the west lie sand dunes, swamps and low limestone ridges similar to those of the Swan Coastal Plain near Perth. Even now at this time of year there is an abundance of flowers. It must be just amazing in Spring.
We did a few Km walk around Mt Lesueur.
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| Great views over to the coast |
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| We had lunch and then got back on the road. Geoff was determined to find a nice secluded beach for a swim but we went to three which had been recommended and each was covered with yukky brown sea grass. We haven't been very impressed so far with the beaches over here despite all the hype about them being beautiful and turquoise.
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