Road Trip - Cervantes/Dongara

The day we left Cervantes, we stopped at lake Thetis, just outside Cervantes, to look at the Stromatolites.


The sign by the lake reads:

Lake Thetis is one of the few sites in the world where living Stromatolites are found. Occurring as domes of limestone around the edge of the lake, stromatolites are formed by the activity of microbial communities trapping and binding sediment and precipitating calcium carbonate from teh ater. The dominant microbes are photosynthetic bacteria called cyanobacteria (formerly known as "blue-green algae")

Stromatolites are very slow growing, and those at Lake Thetis are more than 1200 years old. Fossil stromatolites similar to these that have been found in 3500 million year old rocks in the Pilbarra represent the earliest evidence of life on earth.

We stopped at Thirsty Point at the edge of cervantes, and walked to a lookup at the point. The panoramic view was beautiful


From Cervantes, we drove through Jurien. Stopped at a camping shop there, and found they had a sale on. We purchased a bigger tent, and a shade tent for a camp kitchen. Driving past the caravan park , it looked like nice place to stay. We'll put that on our list of places to stay in the future.

From Jurien, we drove through Green Head, then Leeman. The roadhouse/cafe had a great menu to choose from.

From Leeman we took the turnoff to Lake Indoon. This is a camping site is patrolled by the local ranger, and it has a good setup - rain water tank, toilet block, gas hot water showers, BBQs. Normally the lake is used for water skiing, but when we got there it was more like big mud flat. I'd say we were there at the wrong time of year. Maybe winter time ...

We arrived in Dongara and stayed at the Top Tourist Park. There are four caravan parks in town, but I think the first one (Top Tourist park) is best for tent camping. Well setup. Shadecloth on the ground. Kitchen, Laundry, BBQ area, playground. Lots of things to check out.We loved the shaded areas. We were able to setup our (new) tents in a protected corner of the park. Since we had the extra gear, we decided to stay an extra day. No flies! Humid, gentle breeze.