2012, October 23 - Eucla to Laura Bay (via Ceduna)



Luke standing under all the signs to major cities at the WA/SA Border

Trip Meter Reading Start – 10415

Trip Meter Reading Finish – 10688  (273 kms)

Filled up WA/SA Border
ULP @ $2.001 / litre;  44.85 litres; $90.01

Filled up Nullabor Roadhouse
ULP @ $2.049 / litre; 48.32 litres; $99.00

Filled up Nundroo Hotel
ULP @ $1.629 / litre; 39.9 litres; $65.00

Accommodation
Free camp Fox Creek, Laura Bay – it was marked on the Camps 5 book, but there were no real designated sites for Caravans and a sign saying ‘No Caravans beyond this point’ so we stopped right near the sign off the road.

Comments – Luke

Today we drove to the border of western and south Australia and saw a big sign of how far the other countries are.  We also saw a statue of a big kangaroo.  After that we stopped at the great Australian Bight and saw were the cliffs were 200 metres high.  We also stopped at the Nullabor road house and saw a statue of a whale and saw a old dragstar bike which was the first bike to ride across the Nullabor in 1962.  We then drove to the head of the Bight were we went to two viewing platforms to see if we could see some whales but could not see any after that we went to Ceduna and walked a Jetty and saw people catching crab and squid.  After that we free camped at Laura Bay and had a small walk to Fox Crek the mozzies were bad.

Me and mum at the Head of the Bight - no whales today

Comments – Mum and Dad

I know I might sound like a whinger but this was a bloody long boring drive today and an expensive one at that fuel wise. 
The walk to the Head of the Bight was beautiful.  Cost is $5 per adult and there is a great boardwalk, suitable for prams and wheelchairs to view the bight and southern right whales that come to breed and give birth

Head of Bight looking toward WA

Ceduna was prettier than I remembered when I visited in the 70’s with its greenery and nicely planted gardens along the foreshore and jetty area. We handed over one out of date cucumber at quarantine and this time got to keep our honey.

Jetty looking back to the township of Ceduna - Luke looking for signs of squid