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Eucla (Friday 26th April - Saturday 27th April)
Published: May 12th 2013Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Eucla
April 27th 2013
A long day spent in the car, hot, dry, dusty, one long and straight bitumen road skirted by small shrubs and not a tree in sight, where else but the Nullarbor Plain. Yet half way along the Bight and a short drive toward the coast and we are given an amazing panorama of the waves crashing against the 80m cliffs of the Great Australian Bight. One can only imagine what the early explorer's thought when they circumnavigated this beautiful and yet treacherous expanse of the coast. We stopped at Head of Bight to view these 80m tall Bunda Cliffs of the Bight and hopefully we'll see some Whale's here on our way back! Next time we decide to do a seven hour driving day we won't do it when there's 3-4m of swell and northerly winds! ... read more
The long straight drive east - part 1
Published: September 2nd 2012Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Eucla
August 28th 2012
Day 60 – Tuesday 28th August – Lucky Bay to Moodini Bluff rest area (26km E of Madura) Last night’s rain luckily didn’t amount to much and the tent wasn’t very wet when we woke up this morning. Mark and I went for a walk along the beach while the kids had a lie-in. Luke has a cough and has been feeling under the weather so a bit of extra sleep will do him good. The sand on the beach was indeed white, but without the light of the sun and wet from rain and high tide it had a dull, almost dirty appearance. And because it was a cold morning we couldn’t feel the sand squeaking between our bare toes through our hiking shoes and uggs. Next time we will come here when ... read more
28 The Golden Mile - Ka;goorlie 28 March 2012
Published: April 5th 2012Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Eucla
April 5th 2012
1. Money. We went on a great tour of the Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mine. This is the huge pit that has been dug and is currently extracting 22 tonnes of gold a year. The hole is 3½ kilometers long, 1½ kilometers wide and 500m deep. They expect to go down a further 300m and progress further along towards town. The cut may cease in 5 to 10 years because they (a) run into town and (b) the ore body goes too far underground. They are already doing some underground mining to the north of the Superpit. There is not a lot of machinery, but what there is is huge. The trucks carry 200 tonnes of ore a trip and the loaders can fill them with four scoops. It is truly impressive and was started by Alan ... read more
November 24th 2011
Esperance(E) to Jilah Rockhole - Mundrabilla(M) with stops at Norseman(N) skate park and along nullarbor.(16517 km to 17331 km ) CADES DIARY - DAYS 105 to 106 Norseman skate park and Nullarbor Plain which is 1200 km long including Australia's longest straight road 146.6 km . Eucla Ruins = Excellent Fun! ; Bunda Cliffs Pildappa Rock near Minnipa S.A. surfed and climbed this wave like rock.... read more
Where Have All The Camels Gone?
Published: March 31st 2011Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Eucla
March 29th 2011
Tuesday 29th – today we were leaving behind the beauty and relative civilization of South Australia to begin our trek across the Nullabor, which in total is some 1200 kms (from Ceduna to Norseman in Western Australia). This will involve some difficult, long days with many kilometers of fairly barren landscape. We had done quite a lot of preparation the night before so an early start was on the cards and we were ready to go at 9am. At present the days start chilly but soon warm up, especially when there’s a clear blue sky like there was today. We said a rather reluctant goodbye to Ceduna as we both felt we could have filled another day or two there, not least by trying to catch some crabs or trying the fishing rods out. Before too ... read more
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February 1st 2009
After nearly 2 months in South Australia, the heat wave saw us packing very quickly. We could not face the prospect of another week of 43 to 45 degrees as forecasted. We decided to aim for Ceduna on the way back to the west, the object was to stay there one night and cool off a little, however, by the time we got to Ceduna from Port Kenny, at about 11 AM, it was already 46 degrees. I decided that I would move on to Fowlers Bay a little village by the sea; this would be better for all of us. It was a wise move; because when we got there it was only 35 and cooling as the sea breeze was coming in. Just as well; we could not use the air conditioning at the ... read more
January 9th 2009
There are things I'd like to write right now but things I'd rather not. There we go - an english lesson for the international people. Write and right. Anyhoo ......... yep, I'm not in Perth anymore. School holidays .... yay. I was going stir crazy and the craziness hasn't subsided yet. I'm actually not in Eucla but ten kilometres further east at the WA/SA border village. Yes, I am right on the state border. Technically I'm in South Australia already - it just hasn't sunk in yet. I checked into a motel room for $40 and had a brilliant fettuccine something or other for dinner. I 've always liked this place and it's really nice to be staying here. I didn't use the air-conditioning in the car today because the weather was lovely but I don't ... read more
December 11th 2008
We are in Eucla, 13kms from the South Australia border. Storms and rain. Not nice at all. Hardly any visibility to drive. Scary at times because of high wind. We have stopped for today. ... read more
December 11th 2008
When we were traveling from Kalgoorlie to Norseman, we stopped at a little place called Widgiemoolta, I hope that you will appreciate the photo of the old dunny!!!! However, I would not recommend using it! I must say that we stopped there for lunch and the roadhouse does a very good steak sandwich! But..Watch out for the friendly flies, they like steak sandwich as well….. At the moment we are at Eucla and have stopped here for 2 nights, the weather is very bad and I am a little worst for wear having driven about 400 Km a day since leaving, it may not sound very much, but my arms are telling me that towing with a head wind is demanding, AND VERY TIRING We have found that the cost of fuel was reasonable till Norseman, ... read more
