So the question “Is Pinnacles open 24 hours?” gets asked a lot, and it’s a fair one. I’m Paul Beames, and I’ve lost count of how many times travellers have asked me about the gates at Nambung National Park and the Pinnacles Desert. Let’s get this cleared up, because knowing the hours makes all the […]

When people ask me, “Is Pinnacles, WA, a volcano?” I laugh. Standing in the middle of Nambung National Park, those limestone towers do look like the aftermath of a volcanic eruption. You could swear lava had cooled and cracked, leaving behind a stone forest in the sand. But while the Pinnacles Desert feels like a