After leaving Moore River Ranch, we travelled a short 50km west to the coast and the small seaside township of Lancelin. Having visited Lancelin back in 2010 on a kite surfing adventure, we were keen to see what had changed. The answer… not much! Turning up on the Sunday of the ANZAC long weekend, the camp site was still very much full and we were lucky to get a space. 24 hours later and the camp site had emptied and we pretty much had the place (and the pool) to ourselves! Lancelin is only 90 minutes north of Perth so an easy get away for the last long weekend of the school holidays. Four and a half months on the road and this is the first place we have stayed with a pool… and a BIG one! Kids were beyond excited to say the least!

The are north of Perth is known as the Turquoise Coast, stretching up to just south of Dongara. On a sunny day you can totally see where it got it’s name and the water is amazing and clear.

Taking a day trip from Lancelin, we went to visit the Pinnacles Desert – a spectacular landscape with thousands of limestone pillars standing out from the surrounding sand dunes. It’s pretty much how I imagine the moon looking (though Kiera pointed out this is silly as the moon is clearly white and cold!)

Clearly a fun place to play hide and seek… or pretend to be a pinnacle!

Surrounded by sand dunes, it wouldn’t be a trip to Lancelin without a try at sand boarding. The dunes and amazing but unfortunately it had been raining the night before we went so let’s just say it wasn’t exactly the most extreme sport ever as moved very slowly down the dunes.

Well… unless you are Kiera who could sit on the her board and fly down the dune!

After three days of camp site luxury in Lancelin, we travelled a little further north to a beach camp at Sandy Cape – such a beautiful spot and once again amazing sand dunes.

Sandy Cape is located in the Jurien Bay marine park and apparently it’s currently breeding season for the local sea lion colony. Unfortunately we didn’t see any but still enjoyed a walk to look for them.

For our final night on the Turquoise Coast, we set up camp at Sandy Cliff and enjoyed another (almost) free camp. We have had rain showers on and off over the last few days but forecast looking good going forward as we head north. Onwards now to the twin towns of Dongara and Port Denison.