Day 127 Cervantes, (The Pinnacles) WA

The wind was gale force throughout the night with heavy intermittent rain.  Philip had no sleep as he was worried everything would be torn apart through the night (it wasn't) but I managed to sleep okay.  We had the warning that it was going to be a windy night, but we ignored it.  Rooky error. The BOM here in Western Australia is remarkably accurate.  

We had plans of driving along the coastline today, which we did, but it was just too wet and windy to venture outside the vehicle. We reached the turnoff to The Pinnacles and the sky had cleared a little so we decided to chance it and take a look around.  The Pinnacles are inside Numbung National Park so we had to pay $8 to enter.  The lady at the payment counter gave us a form and said if we were going to be visiting other National Parks in Western Australia it would benefit us to purchase a pass for our time here. We have now purchased a pass (much cheaper to do it this way) as we still have all of the South West to explore and there are lots of National Parks in this area. I wish we had of known about this pass earlier as we have paid our $8 many times over the past couple of months......

Once again this National Park is outstanding.  Boy do they know how to do it here in WA.  There is a lovely wide path that takes us across the sand to The Pinnacles that are spread out over a vast area. Once you reach the end of the path you then walk in between The Pinnacles, following the guide posts with areas pointing to the next post. We didn't walk very far as the weather once again closed in around us and the wind almost blew us away.  We backtracked towards the car as fast as we could and stayed in the Visitor Information Centre until the rain passed over us.  There was hardly time to take any photos but we will definitely return when the weather clears completely. 

There was nothing left to do but to stay indoors for the rest of the day and what better place to start than at the renowned Lobster Shack here at Cervantes.  The outside of the Lobster Shack leaves you feeling a little uneasy as to what you might find on the inside as it is nothing more than a tin shed,

but once you are inside the "shack", well I'll let the photos tell the story......

It is wonderful, and the interior ambience certainly befits the building.  It is hard for us to chose something from the menu but we decide on the Shack Seafood Platter with an extra Half Lobster.  As it turns out it was the perfect choice on this cold wet day.

When it arrives at our table we are pleased that it is a share platter as it is gigantic and every single element on the dish is beautifully cooked and presented.  We start with the Seafood Chowder and then the Lobster.  Next we eat the Oysters Kilpatrick, or rather I do as Philip devours the  Salt & Pepper Squid that are deep fried.  We then share the Spanish Mackerel and Scallops and lastly we attack the grilled King Prawns.  Underneath all this delicious seafood are fries that we hardly touch as we are full to the brim with all that seafood.  

The meal was so good and I thank the TV show - Travel Guides - for introducing us to this wonderful restaurant here in Cervantes.  While we were eating our meal we had an eagle eyed seagull sitting right outside the window, staring down our fries.  If we were sitting outside that bird would have swooped on our fries in the blink of an eye.

 We elected to not order any dessert because (a) we were too full and (b) we had some homemade goodies purchased in Toodyay just waiting to be devoured. And as I write this blog, that is what I am eating right now, washed down with a mug of green tea.