Cervantes, Western Australia

Cervantes is a town in the Australian state of Western Australia and lies about 220 km north of Perth on the Indian Ocean. The former fishing village with 461 inhabitants, is today a tourist center as a starting point, 16 km south Nambung National Park, whose main attractions are the Pinnacles.

History

The town was founded in 1962 in the wake of the expanding rock lobster catch, so it is quite young. He received his historicizing name from a shipwrecked on June 29, 1844 of a nearby island U.S. Whaling Two Masters, which was named after Miguel de Cervantes.

Based on this reminiscence all street names are named after Spanish locations ( Seville, Aragón, Cadiz, Valencia). A Spanish population but it has never been here.

In the 21st century, tourism has replaced fishing as the main source of income.

Infrastructure

The few buildings scattered along the thoroughfares approximately 10 km ². A village does not exist.

Between the residential units, a motel with restaurant, apartments, backpacker accommodation, petrol station with refreshments, excursion operators, Information center, campground and golf course mix.

The scattered settlement extends to the sea with a small port facility and fish processing factory.

Attractions in the area

A first-class excursion destination is the nearby Nambung National Park, the Pinnacles. Furthermore, tourists visit the headland Thirsty Point that offers a vantage point over the Hanson Bay and a picnic area, and the Lake Thetis, an achievable over a 1-km long runway Lake with a small stromatolite colony, with 1,200 years of relatively " young " is.