What Happened at the Pinnacles Near Perth Has Never Been Fully Explained

Two hundred kilometres north of Perth, thousands of limestone spires rise out of yellow desert sand, some reaching five metres tall, scattered across 190 hectares in a landscape that looks like nothing else on Earth. When Dutch sailors first spotted them from offshore in 1658, they assumed they were looking at the ruins of an ancient city. Scientists have been studying them formally for decades and still cannot agree on exactly how they formed. The Yued Noongar people, whose country this has always been, were gathering here for ceremony long before any European ship appeared on the horizon. This is the real story behind Western Australia's most visited natural attraction. #abandonedplaces #perth #australia