Tuesday, October 8, 2013

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.

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