Monday, 13 September
We left Eucla at 7.15 am – remaining hitched up, not extending the awning and not being connected to water or sullage certainly speeds the departure process. Yesterday’s strong westerly wind continued today and again the fuel consumption was fantastic, dropping below the magic 15 L/100km.
Shortly after leaving Eucla, we crossed the South Australian border without any indication as to local time. It wasn’t until we reached the Nullabor Roadhouse and received a Telstra signal on the phone that we actually knew what the time was! The road continued with the long straights and remained flat with stunted scrub. We didn’t see any wildlife (apart from a few crows) until after lunch when a few adventurous, and cold, blue tongue lizards ventured to the side of the road in an effort to warm up. A couple of snakes had also had the same idea, but were no longer feeling the cold.
After leaving the Nullabor Roadhouse we took the turnoff to the head of the Bight, but discovered after the 12 km drive that if we wanted to look at the view (apart from a small glimpse from the car park), it would cost us $10 each – and that was the concession price! We decided the glimpse from the car park would suffice.
It was also at this point that we actually crossed the treeless plain (or a small part of it, anyway). The plain quickly changed to mallee scrub and then to sheep and wheat country. The wind seemed to increase during the day and was decidedly unpleasant by the time we arrived in Ceduna, after passing through quarantine. The nice man was very complimentary of Tasmanians and our knowledge of quarantine issues.
We are staying at the Big 4 Ceduna Tourist Park, which is quite close to the centre of town. It is a small park with clean gravel sites and good amenities. Two nights here will give us a chance to catch up on laundry and have a rest after the last couple of very long days.
We left Eucla at 7.15 am – remaining hitched up, not extending the awning and not being connected to water or sullage certainly speeds the departure process. Yesterday’s strong westerly wind continued today and again the fuel consumption was fantastic, dropping below the magic 15 L/100km.
Shortly after leaving Eucla, we crossed the South Australian border without any indication as to local time. It wasn’t until we reached the Nullabor Roadhouse and received a Telstra signal on the phone that we actually knew what the time was! The road continued with the long straights and remained flat with stunted scrub. We didn’t see any wildlife (apart from a few crows) until after lunch when a few adventurous, and cold, blue tongue lizards ventured to the side of the road in an effort to warm up. A couple of snakes had also had the same idea, but were no longer feeling the cold.
After leaving the Nullabor Roadhouse we took the turnoff to the head of the Bight, but discovered after the 12 km drive that if we wanted to look at the view (apart from a small glimpse from the car park), it would cost us $10 each – and that was the concession price! We decided the glimpse from the car park would suffice.
It was also at this point that we actually crossed the treeless plain (or a small part of it, anyway). The plain quickly changed to mallee scrub and then to sheep and wheat country. The wind seemed to increase during the day and was decidedly unpleasant by the time we arrived in Ceduna, after passing through quarantine. The nice man was very complimentary of Tasmanians and our knowledge of quarantine issues.
We are staying at the Big 4 Ceduna Tourist Park, which is quite close to the centre of town. It is a small park with clean gravel sites and good amenities. Two nights here will give us a chance to catch up on laundry and have a rest after the last couple of very long days.
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