Today we are on our way to continue along the Nullarbor
Plains along the Great Australian Bight which is my highlight of the trip. We had a little mixed weather today but mainly fine with a few quick short showers. Our first stop was Eucla where we stopped to fill up with Diesel before we crossed the border to South Australia. Continuing on, and before we knew it we were at the WA/SA border. Called Border Village. We could just drive through but people coming from South Australia had to stop and be searched for fruit or vegies going into Perth. This is an no no between WA and SA . Apparently we get checked (so we are quickly trying to eat all our fruit and veg) further on as we approach Ceduna. We are stopping there for two nights which will be nice after all our one night stops since we started on the road. This is our sixth night. Although the experience of stopping in these Roadhouses are fun in their own way it will be good to get back to a real town and real caravan Park. As the Nullarbors are all short of water we can’t fill our tanks at these places whereas usually at other places there is always plenty of water to keep the tanks topped up. We do carry a lot of bottled water although that seems a waste to do dishes etc. But all good back to normal life tomorrow. After crossing the border our clocks went forward again by 3/4 of an hour. So that now makes us 2 1/2 hours behind NZ . Today we headed into The Great Australian Bight which was a busy day stopping a lot to take photos. We didn’t see as much as we thought we would as a lot of these cliff top sites don’t have roads going out to them that are user friendly for a motorhome. So we had to either walk quite far out to these one’s or not see them at all .We would still be walking by dark. But what we saw was amazing views from very high cliff tops looking right down to the wild ocean. Very exposed with the sea crashing against the cliffs which go on for ever. Great fun. Continuing along the Bight high up we were driving inland a little knowing we were not far from the cliffs shear drop of, straight down from the top of these tremendously high cliffs. We were also driving through the Nullarbor National park today. After a lot of stopping and starting today we eventually arrived at our digs for the night the Nullarbor Roadhouse. Tomorrow we continue driving along the Eyres Highway and weather permitting stopping of to go whale watching from the top of the cliffs. We haven’t seen any yet but it might be just a little early for them to come in close.
Stopping at Eucle to fill up with Diesel. Made a new friend.
Eucle is high up after travelling on the flat plains. This road goes down to the beach but we just kept going.
We are now crossing the WA/SA border
Another new friend
Now to explore the Great Australian Bight.
The views are just amazing looking west.
Zoomed in down to the beach
Royal.Flying.Doctors.Sercice showing where the emergency planes are allowed to land for mainly medical conditions.
Note how the side of the roads are much wider wider more space for the planes to land for the R.F.D.S. With all the outbacks in Australia they just use the roads for the flying doctors to land.
This was one of the sights we wanted to see but left the van here and walked out to the cliff tops weren’t going to risk the road.
Well worth the walk. All I can say is Wow.
Looking along to the east.
Looking straight over the top of the cliff
Looking along the West Coast.
Looking back east along the top of the cliffs.
Now on to the next big walk to the cliff tops. Again couldn’t take the van.
A lot of area at the end of the road were people do free camping. Quite a few campers out there on the cliff tops.
Campers dotted along the top of the cliffs.
Another Wow looking west
Looking straight down over the cliff edge.
Looking along to the east
We made it we have now finished the crossing of the Nullarbor Plains. Just before we stopped for the night
This is what most Roadhouse’s look like big area for the big rigs to park up for the night. Apparently they had had very heavy rain during the afternoon but we missed that.
Mural on side of building.
Close up you can see the arrow were we have stopped for the night
Camping in the Nullarbor Roadhouse camping area. A lot of campers came in after us.
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