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Looking like an army of dusty monks trudging over a desert rise, an estimated 17,000 of these limestone formations are the dominant attraction in Nambung National Park near Cervantes.  The strange formations rise out of the sand, reaching heights ranging from less than an inch to nearly twelve feet.  Even the early spring sun in this rock-infested desert is blistering.  And adding to the eerie sense of isolation, the quite is so complete that sand blowing against the rocks sounds like waves crashing on a beach.
The four wise men ...

... and one maybe not so wise.

A sign outside the park warns that the Visitors Center is not open.  It does not say the Visitors Center doesn't exist ... yet.  Construction is in the infant
stage with truckloads of equipment and workers just beginning to arrive.  The new center is near the edge of The Pinnacles, where the desert, coastal
forest, white sand dunes, and Indian Ocean all come together.  Meanwhile, atop one pinnacle in the nearby brush, the day superintendent keeps watch.

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