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By mollymay49

We two

We took a drive to Lancelin,a small fishing town around 100km from where we live, it was a lovely drive along the Indian Ocean Drive, we stopped for some lunch, the weather was great for a beach walk, then we spotted the viewing platform, we had to drag Milo our of the water, he loved being a wet dog today, there were a family at the viewing point who asked for a group photo and they returned us in kind.
Just to the right is the tip of Lancelin Island, the extra is a shot of the island. the town itself is surrounded by white sand dunes. 
Below a brief history of the town, thanks to Wikipedia 


The town's name originates from nearby Lancelin Island which was named after P.J. Lancelin the scientific writer by Captain Nicolas Baudin in 1801 during the Frenchman's expedition.
The area was initially a holiday camping place through the 1940s and holiday shacks were probably built in the area during this time but interest in the area grew as it was designated as a possible port to be utilised by the crayfish or lobster fishery.
Lancelin was gazetted in 1950 and was originally named "Wangaree", the Aboriginal word for fish. The area was renamed in 1953 after a request from the Gingin Road Board.
On 29 June 1974, two sounding rockets for solar research during a solar total eclipse were launched from Lancelin.

The Australian military has used the Lancelin Defence Training Area to the north of the town for training exercises since the 1940s.

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