HEADING  EAST

ACROSS  THE  NULLARBOR

We enjoyed our visit to Kalgoolie-Boulder to catch up with friends, and then began the journey east. We encountered hot windy weather which wasn't too much of a problem for us, but created a difficult trip for the cyclists we met at Cocklebiddy.  They were riding from Esperance to Ceduna - mainly to prove that they could!  With the temperature in the high 30's, we were glad to be driving. 

Nullarbor Cliffs

Although we've driven across the Nullarbor several times, this was the first time we had driven off the main road to the Head of the Bight, where we were lucky enough to see several Southern Right whales and their calves.





 Some were quite close to the shore, and we got a fabulous view from the boardwalks constructed on the cliff face.  Unfortunately for us, the whales didn't do much more than swim slowly about in the water, with a puff of air every now and then, which we could also hear.


It's a long way across the Nullarbor, but there's only one stretch which is really treeless.  Much of it has low growing bush, and there are many areas of quite tall trees.

We took three days to reach Ceduna, where we enjoyed a great dinner at the local Hotel, overlooking the sea.  We almost felt like regulars, having eaten there on a couple of previous visits.

On the last stretch to Port Augusta we encountered several oversized vehicles coming in the opposite direction.  One of them stretched half-way across our side of the ride, which made it very tricky to pass.  We had to trust the driver of the support vehicle, who waved us past on a bend. 

Reaching Port Augusta meant we had come full circle.  We had headed north from here just over six months ago.  What a lot we've seen and experienced in that time.  To date we've covered 25,000kms, with a few more to go.