30th September
Koonalda to Streaky Bay
Had a quick look around the homestead before leaving. It was
operating until 1988 on the old Eyre Highway. The house and shearers quarters
were made from old sleepers. It has a new roof to make it safe but inside is as
they left it. There were lots of old car bodies that hadn’t made it across the
Nullabor from old Dodge utes to Morris Minors all sorts of vehicles left in the
yard.
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| Konalda Shearers quarters |
We headed out past some more sink holes and caves passed Nullabor
Roadhouse and stopped at some cliff lookouts on the way to Head of The Bight.
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| First look at the Bight |
What a magic place we saw at least 24 Southern right whales
only metres from the shore. There is a board walk to the cliff edges and down
close to the water, this is a nursery area for mothers and their babies. We saw
12 pairs nursing and playing so close you could hear them and see their eyes.
There were plenty of others further out too. The most at one time has been 127
whales in that area. It was fantastic definitely a highlight of the trip.
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| 3 mothers and their babies frolicking just off shore |
Continued on to Ceduna were we had to surrender our last bit
of fruit and vegies. Ceduna was having their Oyster festival and a huge group
of bikies had arrived so the Police were following them everywhere. We just
stopped for a quick lunch and then on to Streaky Bay. Called in to see a model
of a huge Great White shark caught here weighing over 1500kgs caught on 25kg
line.
We booked in to the only van park and parked facing the bay,
fantastic spot could have even had a fire on the beach if we had some wood.
Went for a walk along the foreshore and jetty and had dinner overlooking the sunset and water. Another terrific day!!!
The view from our campsite
Nev at our campsite
A life size model of a great white caught near here
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