Sunday 27th September Nullarbor/Streaky Bay

We were one of the last to leave the caravan lay by area but as we weren’t in any great hurry we didn’t really mind as we didn’t intend to travel too far. Prior to leaving, we were walking back form the toilet block and encountered a local dingo who seemed to be quite interested in what we were doing, so we jumped into the car and drove off,  just to be on the safe side.

During the night we heard the road trains passing by and then in the morning a small single engine aeroplane landed just behind us on the gravel runway  and then taxied round to the front of the road house to pick up some passengers.  These small planes are used by most of the owners of  outback stations as its the only way they can get around in the shortest time frame.

Not long after leaving we turned off the highway and drove the 12 km down to the Head of Bight. This is where the white sand dunes and beaches meet the Bunda Cliffs of the Nullarbor. Here we paid our 10 dollars each and walked down the board walk to the cliff top and was rewarded with the sight of at least 10 Great Southern Right Whales and their calf's just cruising around off the beach. We really enjoyed the views and watching the whales even if it was a bit windy and cool.

We pressed on along the Eyre Highway stopping at the old and now closed roadhouse at Yalata to have our lunch and finish all our remaining fruit before crossing the quarantine inspection point for South  Australia. Here we saw the start of the dog fence that controls the wild dogs (dingoes) that goes up through the country.

We stopped at the quarantine check point and opened up the trailer for the contents of our fridge to be inspected, however as we had eaten all the fruit and dumped what vegetables we had earlier we were given the all clear and drove on to Ceduna where we stopped off at the

Tourist Bureau to pick up some information and collect our certificates to say that we had crossed the Nullarbor. We then headed off to the Flinders Highway driving south to Streaky Bay where we arrived at about 5pm. We booked in at the Foreshore Tourist Park  for two nights,  set up our home and then went out for an inexpensive meal before settling down for the evening to discuss the next days activities.