Nullabor and Eyre Peninsula travelling
Submitted: Friday, Aug 12, 2011 at 19:42
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Wandy
G'day we are soon to be doing a trip (no time limits) over the Nullarbor but we would be keen to stay and
free camp for a few days at a time in various locations on the Nullarbor and in the Eyre Peninsula. Does anybody have any good spots. We have heard that there are stations you can stay on and help out if you want. We would love to do this if we can.
We are travelling from
Broken Hill from about 7th Sept. and are keen to just enjoy the open road.
Reply By: Motherhen - Friday, Aug 12, 2011 at 21:56
Friday, Aug 12, 2011 at 21:56
Hi Wandy
Pretty
well anywhere you want to pull off the road along the Nullarbor. If heading through WA, once west of
Mundrabilla, station fences limit pulling off the road but some of the rest areas are huge and you can go to the back behind trees and half a dozen rigs could hide and not see each other.
A favourite of ours on the Eyre Peninsular is
Lipson Cove to the north of
Tumby Bay - free
camp ground. On the west coast, $5 per night honesty box is a lovely
camp right by
the beach and jetty at
Haslam. There is a similar small community
campground at
Baird Bay.
For a very brief outline of our Eyre Peninsular tour:
My Blogs 2005
Motherhen
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Reply By: lizzyb74 - Friday, Aug 12, 2011 at 22:14
Friday, Aug 12, 2011 at 22:14
Hi Wandy,
Three
places we loved on our trip were:
1)
BAIRD BAY : We LOVED staying at the
Baird Bay campsite. It is $10 per night,so not free, but they have a great free bbq and kitchen sink, and the location is fantastic.
There is no
shop in town so you'd need to stock up on food/water.
We did the swimming with sealions tour - was one of the best experiences of my life!see
http://www.bairdbay.com/ Not really cheap, but
well worth the $$ in my opinion.
2)
KIMBA : Run by an older guy through Lions. Very
well equipped, has a power point for your toaster, kettle. Good
toilets. Interesting, bustling town. Donation is requested.
3)
PILDAPPA ROCK: This is a brilliant
rock to climb. It is an easy climbg from one side and more challenging from the other. We were there in April and there were lots of hungry march flies, so take a good repellant. Good size
camping area, BBQ, from memory there were long drop
toilets therre.
Enjoy!!
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Reply By: Member - Megan and Kevin D (AC - Sunday, Aug 14, 2011 at 18:37
Sunday, Aug 14, 2011 at 18:37
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Not sure how far you're planning to travel but can highly recommend a route we took last year. We left the Eyre Hwy just a very short distance west of the Nullarbor Hotel/Motel on a track which I think is the old Eyre Hwy. We stayed on this track - you need a very good map as there are plenty of other tracks to confuse you, for a few days not returning to the Eyre Hwy until the track comes out at
Madura Pass above the Madura Roadhouse in WA. There are plenty of interesting things to see. There is also a stretch of the old Eyre Hwy to the south of the current hwy before you reach the Nullarbor Hotel/Motel which is worth looking out for too.
Good luck for an excellent trip.
Megan
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