FROM COFFIN BAY TO ESPERANCE....

WELL....being without internet and phone services and just too tired at the end of each day has left me a little behind....but the trip has been quite different to what I imagined - the Eyre Peninsula with its beautiful Bays

 

 

 

- Coffin Bay where we stayed a night and savoured their oysters - the amenities at the park were excellent - clean and tidy but everything....came with a price. Elliston,

 

 

 

 

Venus Bay

 

 

 

 

and the most beautiful Streaky Bay

 

 

 

 

- all so tranquil and all with their huge jettys - all sleepy

 

 then on to Ceduna

 

 

where I was somewhat surprised - the park was lovely and clean - the amenities were of a high standard and security was at a premium.  The Foodworks store there was well stocked and the staff were extremely helpful.  Then from Ceduna where we met a couple who had sold up everything in Perth - tired of being on the mortgage merry go round - and were on the road looking for work - we headed off towards the Nullabor. 

 

 

 

 

 

Next point of call was Head of Bight

where we watched a mother whale and her baby frolicking not more than 100 yards in front of us - another of nature's wonders that just makes you smile so much your cheeks ache!

 
We then started to look for somewhere to stay for the night and turned off the road on to one of the many over night campsites and settled in for the night with new friends Trevor and Pam from the Sunshine Coast and Sue and Harvey from Lakes Entrance at Campsite 809 in the Hema Camp 6 book which is on the Bunda Cliffs in the Nullabor National Park. 

 

 

Millie made great friends that evening with Ebony and Bob..........

the camp was just magic but OMG was it cold!  We certainly gave our little Companion Gas Heater a work out....

From there we travelled to Border Village Quarantine Station

and on to Eucla

 

where we met a French gentleman serving behind the counter who was travelling and working around Australia.  We filled up with fuel at $1.82 per litre and had travelled at that point from Ceduna 530.4 klms.  We then went and took some photos of the Old Telegraph Station.

Just down the Highway we were stopped by two police officers who turned out to be British

They had come to Australia on a programme sponsored by the WA government - working at Eucla - they were just delightful - did what they had to do - - they checked Don's licence - we talked and laughed and then continued on.
We then drove some more.......................
The contrast in the landscape is just incredible and the Nullabor surprised me - NO RED DIRT....but it was green with thick foliage - sometimes it was flat sometimes we saw hills but we always saw long straight roads.We were warned several times to be on the lookout for camels, kangaroos and emus but the only kangaroos we saw were road kill and the eagles and crows devouring them were everywhere to be seen

 

 

 

 
 

and the only camels we saw were the metal sculptures at Norseman!
We filled up after 347 klms at Caiguna where we paid $1.96 per litre and then headed off on the longest straight stretch of road in Australia that went on and on and on and on for 90 miles - I was well and truly ready for bed and stayed with new friends Sally and Andrew from St Ives at Camp 22 in the WA Section of the Camp 6 book at a spot called Harms Lake - there was no lake!!!!  We shared a campfire and a drink and it was just a lovely evening.

 

 

 

And so today we have travelled on to Esperance - it's cold and raining and we are tired...we have booked into a park that takes dogs - it seems that's a problem over this way - we once again filled up with fuel at Norseman -  a little more reasonable this time at $1.57 per litre - what a sad little town that was - everything is boarded up and the pub and the hardware shop seemed to be the only businesses doing any business at all. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The country side again has been one of great contrasts with beautiful tall gum trees, low bush scrub - huge wheat fields.  We are booked in for two nights but really want to stay a third - it will depend on the weather.