On the map the direct road to the coast looked like a graded road. In the Roadhouse at the monastery, they told us it is surfaced. In fact, it worked out to be an excellent road, so we were in no time at the coast again at Lancelin. The Indian Ocean Hwy. follows the coast with sand dunes towards the ocean and large white sand hills and bushy plains on the other side. We drove some 234 km North past the pinnacles to stay at the Nambung cattle station. The last 20 km is graded and dusty. It gave the camper its off-road look. Despite being off the main route, the camping at the farm was busy. All the power sites were occupied but there was still ample space on the non powered sites. The farm organizes a tour though the Pinnacles. It should have left at 7:30 the following morning but was eventually cancelled due to the rains. We drove some 50 km back to the Indian Ocean hwy. to the entrance of the Pinnacles NP. We wandered for an hour in between the 1 – 2 m high pinnacles sticking out of the orange/yellow sand. They are formed around plant roots which dissolved the carbonate out of the yellow sand and the rain carried it further down. Later the topsoil was blown away and left the limestone pillars standing. Some 123 km further up the coastal road we stopped for the night at a campsite in-between the dunes next to the beach. Again, the site was busy (school holiday) but on the large wide beach there was hardly anybody. The coast of Western Australia is so large that the beaches are never crowded.