Day 150 Nullarbor part 3 via Nullarbor Roadhouse to Ceduna

After a more quiet night in Eucla we were leaving Western Australia for South Australia: no border controls here, but the lovely little Border Village Roadhouse (South Australia) provides good coffee and muffins for the start of the day. Stuart was very happy about this kind of start into the day and wanted to take the 'Australian kangaroo' with the vegemite with him...

Back on the road we were stopping at the famous three animal Nullarbor sign with the camel, wombat and kangaroo. From this point on, Stuart was on the watch to find his first wombat. On the next part of the Nullarbor road to the east, we stopped at a Cliff Lookout as well as the three different Bunda Cliffs Lookouts. With no clouds on the sky and the temperatures quite above 30C the strong wind was not too cold to enjoy the spectacular views on the cliffs.

Our next stops just before the Nullarbor Roadhouse took us to the Murrawijinie Caves: the caves have different shape, but you cannot see much more. The interesting part about this drive was the surrounding: there were no trees, just some bush - no other cars, caravans, campervans, motorhomes or a single other person - just lots of flies and in all directions endless vastness with about 41C.

We drove back to the Nullarbor Roadhouse to have a look at the Original Nullarbor Station Garage, take photos of the three animal sign as well as the whale statue and the older and newer murals you can find at the campground and the bar.

The weather forecast at Nullarbor Roadhouse said there will be a thunderstorm with lightning and rain for the night. Well with no trees and shelter we would have been in the rooftop-tent the highest point in the area and as a tent is no faraday cage, we decided to push on and see how far we will get on the Nullarbor given it was only about midday.

Shortly after the Nullarbor Roadhouse is the turn-off to Head of Bight Lookout. Signs said that there will be a fee of 15AUD per adult to see the coastline. As whales are only visible in the winter and not in November we decided, it was not worth to spend that money to just take one photo of the coastline which you can see for free from the Bunda Cliff Lookouts. So we drove on to Nundroo and then went for the detour to Fowlers Bay to have a look at the sand dunes and the small village with the beach.

Back on the highway to the east we also stopped in Penong to have a look at the collection of windmills including Australia´s Biggest Windmill.

After this long day we were happy to safely arrive in Ceduna and to sleep safely in a cabin protected from the strong winds, rain and thunderstorm at night.