Nullarbor to Wittelbee Conservation Park

Woke up early to another cool but nice day on the top of the cliff. Following breakfast and one last look at the fabulous view we packed up and headed towards Nullabor Roadhouse where we were meeting up once again with Murry and Yvonne. All along this stretch of highway there are tracks where you can drive in to view the Bunda Cliffs Although a lot have been closed because of crumbling edges and the fear of more collapsing, we were still able to call into the one with the most iconic view. Because we were meeting the Hales we left a bit earlier than Russell allowing them to poke along at their own pace. We arrived at Nullabor and had just settled in when Murry arrived, It was so good to see them again. We spent 2 nights with them at the top of Australia and now we are meeting them at the bottom.
It's interesting what you see in the outback. I walked up to reception, without my phone, to ask about washing machines when I noticed 3 gyrocopters filling up at the bowers. By the time I walked out of the office, they had finished and were being pushed back to the front of the motel units where their pilots were staying the night. So many missed photo opportunities. Talking to one of them later I asked if they were part of a group that I had seen posted on Facebook outside of the William Creek pub. She said, "Yes, originally there were 7 of us but some had to head back to Sydney and Newcastle where we had set off from." They were heading to Whyalla next, then various places before Temora then home.
Our group all had afternoon nibbles and a drink together sharing travel stories and reminisces, which was nice.
Mum and I had dinner with Murry and Yvonne and after sharing a few laughs and good conversation over a steak, red wine and coffee liqueur, compliments of Murry and Yvonne, we said our goodbyes as they were leaving early in the morning. We woke up at 7.00am and they were gone.
After packing up we headed to the Head of the Bight for, hopefully, some whale watching.
After paying a fairly expensive entrance fee, we headed down to the viewing platform where we saw a Southern right whale and her baby. They were pretty close and I thought I could get a fairly good photo. No. Check out Photo 1. There were others we could see through the binoculars but too far away for photos.
We left there and headed east through the Nullabor to Ceduna.
This was a nice drive with the bush giving way to pastures and crop beginning at Nundroo and continuing all the way to Ceduna and beyond. We filled up at Nundroo and had lunch. Then after getting water for the van and checking out the windmills at Penong, we continued onto Ceduna where we had a look around the foreshore before driving to Pinky Point lookout.
We then drove off to Wittelbee Conservation Park where we camped on the 'cliff' top, overlooking the bay.Leggi altro