Eyre Highway

There is a fair amount of road works in WA around Balladonia (memory probs) most fo the informal overnight stops have been closed in that area in favour of authorised concentrations - and I mean it. All the places I visited (3 crossings this year) are spoiled by toilet habits of some and litter Look for Newman Rocks towards western end (around Balladonia from memory) for a good overnight stop away from the truck noise.Newman Rocks are north of the road by less than 2km and worth the 'diversion' - it's also authorised but no visitors when I stayed there.

Cheers
Chris

I have driven across there and back East in the last 3 weeks. Watch for the roadworks at Ballidonia (and the fuel prices there and at Nullabor, fuel is expensive elsewhere but not quite gold).
Whales should all be gone by then ?
Do drop into Madura roadhouse and have a cuppa, I've always found it to be the friendliest place around.
Be prepared for a random license check around Eucla.
Fuel is usually topped up at Mundrabilla.
Not sure of the winds around that time of year, but don't camp too close to the cliffs for obvious reasons.
And remember that you'll be driving into the sun going both ways, so take care at sunrise and sunset.
There is still a lot of wildlife around.
There seemed to be plenty of vans/campers about 20K west of Mundrabilla Roadhouse.

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Cocklebiddy Cave is a good time waster.

10km west of the Roadhouse there's a parking area. From there a track heads north to the cave.

Don't drown in it. :))

Thanks again..

Hi Hairy,

We have done the Nullarbor 14 times so know it pretty well. There's a number of places to view the ocean close to the road starting about 50km east of Border Village. All are signposted. Sorry, can't recall when whales are there though.

It's worth checking fuel prices for both Border Village and Eucla - last Sept we found Shell at Eucla was 12 cents / litre cheaper for diesel than Border Village. If you have a UHF radio, call the truckies on Ch40 for this. Also, Norseman fuel is far cheaper than anywhere on the Nullarbor

Also, you can save approx 200km if you take the road from Norseman to Perth via Hyden rather than going the traditional route via Coolgardie. This is mostly a dirt road but in excellent condition due to 2 new mines starting up in this area.
We could cruise at 100km most of the way last year and hardly any traffic.

Old Mal

The Whale's are at the head of the bight.
The hwy. has the longest stretch of streight road in aus. and at the moment the longest stretch of continues roadworks at 60km

Best part of the trip, the 50kn tail wind from the west


off to mt Dare tommrow

Just heard on the news tonight here in SA that the whales are packing up their camping gear at the head of the Bight and heading south now. The season is over.
We did see the whales a couple of years back around July I think - at the visitor centre up there - fabulous - hoards of them there, and some very close to the viewing platforms.

Hairy


Twin Rocks is the name of the spot where there is whale watching. It is east of the Nullabor Roadhouse.

If you like fishing there are some good fishing spots around Fowlers Bay.

The view from the scenic stops on the Great Australian Bight are worth a look.

Fill up at Penong if your vehicle is diesel. Diesel fuel is cheaper there.

Have a look at Cactus Beach near Penong. Very good surfing.




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