Nullabor

Did the same trip in Nov 03, and because I was on a tight schedule didn't do much sight seeing; however, I do wish I had spent at least a day or two in both Kalgoorlie and Port Augusta as well as around Balladonia and Ecula. There are some good websites, but I can't recall what they were, in particular for sites along the Nullabour.

Enjoy your trip, it's not to bad.

Fowlers Bay (past Ceduna) is a must for me....fishing is great (fabulous beaches for salmon fishing - rock and reef fishing too)......huge and expansive dunes too, if you like sand driving). See http://www.fowlersbay.com/location.htm for an example. Don't take to much note of the website glamour......its a pokey little outpost, with a micro store (a few lines and diesel only) and a comfortable caravan park (run by disorganised people when I was last there). Have a great cruise across the paddock.

Hi Troopie,
stop at the Yalata Roadhouse and check if any whales are at the Head of the Bight.
They are usualy there betw. May and October.
Yalata

Cheers,
Mike

Went across lat Sept.

Recommend the Waldatta Outback center in Port Augusta. Well worth the entry price.

Take a joy flight from the Nullarbor Roadhouse out over the Head of Bight ad see the cliffs properly and of course the whales form the air. The plane is based at the servo.

Cocklebiddy Cave is worth a look. We went in with our Camper. Road is fairly good. It is not signposted but iif you get one of those freebe maps from the visitor center in Ceduna it will tell you where the turn off is. The distances are correct and the turn is easy to miss. We walked / scrambled down to the cave entrance. There are layers of sea shells just poking out from the cave entrance walls about 40 to 50 meters below ground level. Spooky. Was really once an inland sea.

There are plenty of caves to see, but require some effort to find them. Asking at the roadhouses is the wat to go,

The real adventuruous go to the Eyre Bird Sanctuary. Can only go so far and then need a ride in with Rangers. Didn't go there , but is a favourite with bird lovers. Also gets below freezing as late as September. Is right on the ocean.

Also there is a waterhole in the middle of nowhere, off the road and real easy to miss. Will be on the right on your way West. Something ?? (Not Something obviously) Rocks it is called. Way over to the western end of the Plain Again only about 5 k in from the highway and accessable with van or trailer. Strange place.

Of course the old Telegraph Station at Eucla is a must, only because everyone goes and has a peek. Not much left and a really bad corrugated rod to the station but is only a few Ks from the road. Saw people taking their caravans down it last year.

A joy flight over the Super Pit at Kalgoorlie is also a good one. The Pit Viewing platform will have moved by now. The old one was a bit ordinary to say the least. Take the joy flight.

Don't forget to go look at the still working turn of the century brothels in the next but one main street. Two left and they look cute.

Go down to Esperance and visit the Cape Le Grand national Park. Fabuluous scenery and some really super places to camp. Really special. But be prepared for it to be a bit windy. And of coyrse like all parks in WA, a fairly hefty entrance fee. Manned entrance gate etc But really good camp sites.

Wind farm in Esperance is cute if you havent seen a wind farm before. Did I already say it might be Windy (WA means Windy Always.)

The Whale World museum at Albany is first rate. It is the old Whaling station turned into a museum. Will fill half a day easy. It is rare to see what was a fully functional commercial enterprise turned into a museum.

Don't miss the Pinnacles on the way to Geraldton and Kalbarri just to the Norh of Geraldton.

Have fun.

Magnus

Whales can be seen in season from the lookouts along the cliffs on the SA side of the border - some of these are not far off the road
The old Telegraph Station just out of Eucla is worth a visit - you can walk to the sea
The view from the top of Madura Pass shows how vast Australia is
Have a great trip

Dont forget SA on the way .
There is the Riverland , Clare Valley, York Peninsular, all with EO cuppas,
and of course Willem for PP Juice at Peterborough.
The Eyre peninsular has heaps to do as well depends on how much time you have.

If you are looking for a change of accomodation, I can really recommend Olive House B&B in Kimba. Found it by accident and ended up staying two nights. Wonderful place to stay and very freindly host. My two cents worth.

We recently went across the Nullabor for the first time - rushed trip, so didn't do much exploring, but loved the cliffs of the Bight. Stop at a few of the short drives in to the cliffs. We camped near the cliffs, watching a the spectacle of the sun set through showers out over the sea.

Troopie,
If you have a 4wd, a detour south of Cocklebiddy to the Eyre telegraph station is worth it (you could detour off southwards at Madura on the telegraph track, see Eyre, then back up to the highway at Cocklebiddy). South of Caiguna are the mighty cliffs and the telegraph track. And the track south of Balladonia takes one to Mt Ragged, Israelite Bay, Cape Arid, etc. Great coastlines. Bit out of the way if you're going to Kalgoorlie, tho. Got info and waypoints if you need it.
email me at gerron at bigpond dot net dot au.
cheers Gerry

unless you are going along the eyre castal route try a visit to mt wudinna 16k north of wudinna should be sighn posted or ask at the servos large impressive granite monolith with a rock the shape of a turtle nearby good barbie stop off or free camping