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The Pinnacles (revisited)
It was 15 years ago (more or less) that, on my first trip to Australia, I proposed to Delia. Fortunately for me and for the remaining two weeks of our time in Aus, she accepted. I had originally planned to propose in the Pinnacles park itself but ended up lining up a bottle of sparkling wine at the Hotel restaurant that evening. So, back again, on our 13th wedding anniversary weekend we found ourselves at the very same hotel restaurant drinking sparkling wine again. During the intervening 15 years the hotel had undergone expansion, as had Cervantes itself. When we actually ventured to the Pinnacles park, it too had undergone some changes in the form of a large “Discovery Centre” and a board walk viewing platform. However it seemed that little progress had been made in deciding the origin of these strange features – “lost aboriginals’ fingers trying to escape quicksand” seemed almost as unlikely an explanation, to me, as the more scientific idea of it being a fossil forest. We spent several hours watching and photographing the sunset. I had hoped to get some shots of the arc of the galaxy (and the core which can be seen here in Aus); however I was to be disappointed due to the clouds and a full moon. The Lobster Shack in Cervantes provided a wonderful lunch the following day and is probably the highlight of the small town aside from its natural attractions of sun, sea and sand. That evening we