It was freezing at Ceduna - a cold wind blowing in from Antarctica. Had fish and chips on the beach despite the cold wind.... walked along the jetty at sunset.
From Ceduna we started the trip accross the Nullabor. Stopped in at the Head of the Great Australian Bight. Really spectacular and dramatic scenery. There are a few stops along the Nullabor where you can look at the bight - some are closed due to crumbling edges. Took lots of photos. The Nullabor Plain is treeless - just low shrubs which was different to what I imagined. I thought it would be a great plain of dirt. One stretch is the longest bit of straight road in Australia- 146.6klms. Just endless straightness - I think if it was any longer it might just do your head in. Never travelled in a straight line for such a long time - all very excited at the first curve in the road.
We camped a couple of nights in the bush along the Nullabour, just inside the WA border. Camp fires at both much to the kids enjoyment. No marshmellows - bit of an oversight there.
We are now in Kalgoolie. Took a drive to the Super pit lookout. It is sooooo big. The trucks that carry the rock/dirt are enormous (see photo) but in the Pit they look like matchbox toys. Each truck is worth $5M and they have 40 of them in this mine, each tyre is worth $36K. Another piece of machinery they have is worth $10M and there are 4 of these. Amazing dollars. The town is full of fancy cars- mostly all new.
We also went to the mining hall of fame. Went down 36 meters to an underground mine and learnt the history of the mine from a colourful ex miner - very entertaining. What a crap job. Dusty, dirty, dark as dog guts. chipping away for gold- those early miners really did suffer from gold fever. I think I would last about 20 seconds down there.
Heading to Esperance tomorrow and will stay at Cape Le Grande National park which according to the Grey nomads (of which we have had a lot of contact) is great.
Talk soon
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