Great Australian Bight

Can't remember where we stayed but take the time to look at the blow holes along the way. There is so much out there to look at.

Josh

Hi lizzyb

There are a number of stops along the way. A very quaint place that if always good to stay at is Fowlers Bay. There are some good tracks in the area. Another good spot is out near Dog Fence Beach.

You do not have to look very far anywhere out that way.

Have a great trip.


Cheers


Stephen

Hi Lizzy

Most of the cliff top viewing areas, which were all between the border and Nullarbor Roadhouse, have now been closed. Only a few remain; just drive into each signed area to take a look, but do not walk near the edge. On an early trip, I saw people walking past danger signage and when i walked a little way away, i could see how undercut where they were walking was. On our last trip i noticed the change - that area is now no longer there.

It is worth going to Head of Bight, but the gate may be closed outside of whale viewing times (which i think is May to October). If you can get through, go and have a look anyway; the visitor centre there will be locked, but there is a good viewing platform even if it is out of season for seeing whales. At this point you see cliffs to the west and sand dunes to the east. Camping is not permitted there.

Have you driven down to the Old Telegraph Station at Eucla?

Motherhen

Not a bad camp at Catus Beach, good cliff top walks and watch the surfers in action.

The T/O is at Penong.

stay at Penong Caravan park. Very clean & tidy. Go for a drive to Point Sinclair,the lake on the way there, and Cactus.Ask the locals...they are very friendly people.Don,t miss on the way to Streaky,Devonport Ck,Laura bay,Smoky Bay ,Point Brown,Haslam

Haven't been that way yet, but always nice to hear from another travelling family, enjoy your trip.Check out ABC's Nullabor podcast,

Amy

Thank you all for this brilliant info.

Motherhen - my sons and I rode our bikes down to trhe Old Telegraph Station at Eucla this morning (my husband came and picked us up at the end so we didn't need to ride back up the hill bless 'im!!). Great spot - thanks for the suggestion.

We left Eucla after this and travelled East, stopping at a couple of wonderful Bight turnoffs including the one at Head of the Bight. They were very friendlyat the Head and we thought that we should have stopped here for lunch (would have cost $30 tops for the 4 of us, and we would have had an awesome view; instead we had lunch at Nullabor Roadhouse which cost us $60 - food was great but the price hurt!).

Tonight we've made it to Fowler's Bay. The CP is lovely but power seems a bit dodgy. It is fantastic while typing this to hear the waves crash only metres away.

Tomorrow we're going to try a spot of fishing from the jetty, try some sand driving and boarding and just chill out a bit. We've only been on the road a week and have only stayed anywhere for one night so far - we have a pop up van and 2 boys (6 and 8) so I am REALLY lookjing forward to our two night stay here!

Amy - I searched the ABC website for their Nullabor podcast but couldn't find it. Could you let me know where it is??