First stop on our trip - the Pinnacles
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325648)
Rockingham, Australia
August 17, 2016 8:46am CST
One of our first stops on our recent tour north of Perth, Western Australia, was to view the Pinnacles. These limestone formations are in the Nambung National Park near the township of Cervantes.
The formations, some of which are very 'phallic' in nature, are composed of limestone from seashells from an earlier era when the area was part of the sea. In some photos you can see the Indian Ocean in the background.
How the Pinnacles came to be formed is still the subject of debate. They range in size from a foot or two to over 9 feet tall. Until 1967 they were unknown to most Australians but now in excess of 150,000 tourists visit each year.
Smaller vehicles can drive through the area following a designated path but our bus was too big so we rode in one of the smaller vehicles with our friends.
I created this video with the YouTube Slideshow Creator (http://www.youtube.com/upload)
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Aug 16
That's fascinating. All naturally formed and not man constructed like Stonehenge.
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@Fleura (29120)
• United Kingdom
31 Oct 16
@TheHorse I think you'll be disappointed. It is undoubtedly impressive and fascinating but not as most people expect, although the stones are huge they are much closer together than you might think, and visitors cannot get that close to them but just have to follow everyone else (and there are lots of visitors) along a designated path like a conveyor belt.
Recently, changes to the visitor site mean that you get a better idea of the setting of Stonehenge itself in the wider landscape, and how it was only one aspect of several large-scale features. There are other impressive sites too - my favourite is Avebury, where the huge standing stones are less shaped and further apart - they enclose an entire village. The guided tours are also very interesting.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48908)
• United States
17 Aug 16
I've never seen them before. Thanks for the photograph.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
17 Aug 16
Is one of the theories that they were bigger but eroded after they were exposed? That would be my guess, wind and rain.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
18 Aug 16
@JudyEv Sure. That stuff is not stable and would fall apart if too much pressure is applied.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16531)
• China
18 Aug 16
It is a fine spectacle.This is the first time I know the Pinnacles.Here we have @stone-forest, a Karst topography,I have gone to there many year ago.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
17 Aug 16
What fascinating formations they are, I can't wait to go along with you on your travel.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
17 Aug 16
how odd, just sticking up like that
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 Aug 16
@JudyEv they look as though they are an odd penile rock garden, sprouting up out of the earth
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@JudyEv (325648)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Aug 16
@Jessicalynnt That's exactly right. Some are amazingly 'accurate'. :)
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
18 Aug 16
wow! that's somethin', now aint 't? loved the shoe print'n the slide show :) what sorta plant's that peepin' out from the sand? most fascinatin' 'n now i've jest one more reason to visit australia, lol. such's stunnin' jest from the pics, can't imagine seein' such'n person.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
2 Nov 16
@JudyEv 'ndeed such does :) shamefully i dunno what many'f the native plants 'round here're called neither - not 'officially' anyhow, jest the nicknames folks've given to 'em o'er the years.
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@JudyEv (325648)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Aug 16
@Inlemay I sometimes see things or hear things and say (most times to myself) 'the good Lord laughs again'. There was a Catholic priest from Indonesia who was made a cardinal and became 'Cardinal Sin'. I always think God had a bit of time on his hands and thought it time for a bit of amusement.
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@Daljinder (23231)
• Bangalore, India
17 Aug 16
How odd and interesting! Would love to see them in person. One of my friends is demanding (almost) that I visit Perth like yesterday (lol) She lives there.
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@JudyEv (325648)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Aug 16
You should visit if you can. I'm sure you'd love it.
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
21 Aug 16
wow ... what a great place to be able to walk round ... fascinating.... I really enjoyed the slideshow too... 
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@JudyEv (325648)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Nov 16
Yes, Easter Island. We haven't been there but I'd love to go. There is easily as much buried below the surface as above apparently. No-one knows how they got there. But the faces have been carved whereas the Pinnacles are just natural formations.
@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
17 Aug 16
Nice slideshow. I gave it a thumbs up!
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