The Sand Dunes at Lancelin

I just thought I'd post some pictures I took the other day when we were in Lancelin.  We took a little drive to where the sand dunes are, as Grandma C hadn't seen them before.

I, however, had been to the dunes and did some sand boarding there well over twenty years ago.

Unfortunately, there is nothing in here to show the scale of the dunes.  They are massive.

The dunes are shaped by the prevailing winds and have a steep drop on the lee side.  The windward side is gentler.

You can hire dune buggies to explore the dunes or use your own 4WD.  Accidents do happen and sometimes vehicles do fall down the steeper side with disastrous consequences.

This is the view that greeted us when we arrived.

Here's a shot of some people enjoying sandboarding.  I remember doing it on a piece of cardboard.

In the picture above, the wind took the hat of one of these girls and dropped it halfway down the steep side of the dune.  It was very steep, almost cliff-like  to me.  This young fella managed to clamber down and retrieve it for her.

Grandma C with Molly

And Son No 2 followed with Zhaan.  The dogs enjoyed the dunes.