Sunday, May 10, 2009

Ceduna to Kalgoorlie

Green grass at Cedua

We thought Col has “gone troppo” when we saw him rolling around until we realised this was the first green grass we had seen in a “l o n g “ time. This is on the foreshore at Ceduna.

 

Sunrise at Fowlers Bay

Sunrise over Fowler’s Bay, another area steeped in history but now a small fishing village.

 

 

14 Long traight road

The long straight road at the beginning of the Nullabor Plain.

 

 

 

4 dingo at Nullabor

This is a “wild” dingo at the Nullabor roadhouse. She came looking for food then went to sleep at the caravan door in the shade.

 

 

5 Nullabor Roadhouse

The Nullabor Roadhouse on the eastern edge of the “backyard”.

 

 

 

6 Murrawijinie Caves

The Murrawijinie Caves are north of Nullabor Roadhouse. There are three caves in this area. They look like big sink-holes that go back for several hundred meters. The vehicles on top look like matchbox toys.

7 Rugged Marnie Park

These cliffs are part of the Great Australian Bight Marine Park. The colours and ruggedness of the area is unbelievable.

 

 

8 Col's white hands

It has taken 6 weeks, but the mechanic’s hands are now white and there is not a trace of grease under his fingernails either.

 

 

9 WA

We made it – only to be faced with the fruit quarantine station – out go all the foodstuff that could harbour disease!

 

 

10 Telegraph Stn at Eucla

This is the original Overland Telegraph Station at Eucla. It was built on the sand dunes and over time the dunes have moved reclaiming the buildings.

 

11 The locals

These are the locals you have to look out for. And the highway is straight all 146.6 k of it – the longest straight road in Australia.

13 Eyre OTL

We also visited the Eyre Bird Observatory which was the old Telegraph station at Eyre. It has been restored but is on the wrong end of a very bumpy road.

 

15 Widge Roadhouse

This is the roadhouse at Widgimooltha - Widge for short. An enormous nugget of gold was discovered here but this is all that remains today – and it’s for sale for $995,000.00 plus stock if anyone is interested.

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