Guilderton to Cervantes 8th May 2018

Waking up in Guilderton was a bit of a shock, after Darwin….it was COLD !!

The water in Guilderton Estuary is brown, it is coloured by tannin from the trees further upstream.

If you look behind us you will see that there is a sand bar completely blocking the exit of the estuary, it is like this for most of the year and the river water just seeps through the sand.

When it rains heavily during the winter the river breaks through the sandbar and flows normally, when the flood water subsides the sea pushes the sand back into the estuary recreating the sandbar.

The rock at the sides of the estuary is petrified sand dunes and you can see how the weather has eroded it into interesting shapes.

Here  you can see the sandbar and the difference in colours between the estuary and the ocean.

Looking back up the estuary

Something makes me think that it can get windy here!

Jane with some pelicans

A Banksia Tree. it looks like it is already setup for Xmas

possibly Alpacas?

One out of three………

These are massive inland sand dunes !

wind, blowing the sand from the dune.

Pinnacle Desert……..

The sign for Cervantes

Stromatolites

Welcome to Cervantes