Travelling around Australia in an old van.

We crossed the West Australian part pf the Nullabor, although it is not actually the treeless plain till we reached into Adelaide. Just a hell of a long way of not much! But finally we got to Eucla on the border between Western Australia and South Australia.

 Camping in bush parks near the Eyre Highway

 Cold light of dawn wakes us up to head off again.

Bunch of mini-mokes heading west. Good luck with that!








Then we rose up off the flat plain to Eucla and the beginning of the great Australian bight. This was the original wireless (telegraph station established many years ago).

 Opposite the Eucla road house is a large mock up of a whale as the blue whales migrate along the great Australian bite across the Southern ocean before turning up the west coast past Albany. They used to be hunted in the hundreds up to 1978. Now they are a tourist attraction!

The sign post at Eucla shows that it is a long way from anywhere.

In the distance you can make out the outline of the old telegraph station that was built a hell of a long time ago. Due to the sand drift the town was moved up onto the high ground that is the beginning of the amazing cliffs facing the Great Southern Ocean.

The Hotel keepers here have established a great garden setting around the building and facing the sea. The owner told me that there are hundreds of frogs in Eucla because no insecticides are used there.

Right across the Nullabor plain the cliffs face the Ocean with a dramatic and dangerous face. Underground in these areas are many limestone caves.





We made it across to our camp on the Nullabor before heading off towards Kimba in South Australia in the morning.

Will keep you posted.

Travelling in the Eastern States of Australia.

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Since early September I have been travelling from Western Australia with my friend in a 1986, Toyota Lite Ace Van.

We left Albany after looking at the old whaling station Museum.

 Old photo of the flensing deck.

Harpoon gun on Cheyness 1V whaler.

Pygmy whale skeleton inside the museum.







We set off from there to Esperance, Norseman and across the Nullabor treeless plain towards South Australia.

 Pretty bleak camp overnight on the Nullabor. My mate was sleeping outside during the night and a howling gale blew in from the desert!

 The wind had dropped in the morning and we had the spectacle of the sunrise over the plains.

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This sign says it all! The treeless plain is not very wide on the Eyre highway but widens out North towards the East West railway line.






Closing off this blog now, have much more to update later.

See you then

Stan Maley