Weather good – low to mid 20’s.
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| Start of the Nullarbor (no trees / null arbor) |
Up early, aiming to get to Eucla today.
Enjoyed our break in
Streaky Bay.
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| Nullarbor victim |
This half of the Nullarbor trip, on the ‘new’ Eyre Hwy is
interesting in that the highway skirts the top of the Bunda Cliffs. Different to the ‘old’ (unsealed) Eyre Hwy I
travelled on 40 years ago with my sister – located much further inland with no
chance of sea views.
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| Head of the Bight |
The first stop was at the Head of Bight, where National
Parks have built a whale watching centre/platforms.
$5 for the privilege of viewing a ‘pod of
seaweed’ which we thought for a few moments might have been dolphins.
A month or so too early for whales.
Next stop we headed down a dirt track which had been badly
dug up. We proceeded, though very bumpy
and were rewarded with reasonable views over the cliffs. We later figured this track was deliberately
dug up, rather than by someone being stupid, as National Parks have now closed
the old tracks and put in three deliberate viewing points. The first of these was the best, and afforded
us magnificent views of the Bunda Cliffs.
The second and third were worth the look, but not as good as the first.
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| Bird visitor, Head of the Bight |
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| Bunda Cliffs, Gt Aussie Bight |
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| Bunda Cliffs |
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| Bunda Cliffs |
Brief stop at Nullarbor Roadhouse.
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| Nullarbor Roadhouse |
Proceeding on to Eucla, Clive still driving (amazing
driving endurance…) we got to Eucla at about the 10 hour mark. It had not seemed like a hard days driving
though, as we’d had numerous sightseeing stops.
‘No room at the inn’ in Eucla, so we proceeded through to
Mundrabilla. Found ourselves ‘one star’
fibro shack accommodation in the form of the Mundrabilla Motel. Actually it was clean and the bed was
comfortable, AND we had 14” colour TV with NO remote control and FOUR stations
to choose from! I was more tired than
Clive so he cooked some meat for dinner (after doing all that driving).
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