We packed up camp at our Nundroo East campsite and headed into Nundroo to play the next hole of the Nullabor Links course. Oh my. This is one challenging and nasty hole. It took us a long time to work out where to tee off, we were wandering around in the rain, amongst a wasteland with abandoned cars and nothing that resembled a fairway. It was meant to be a Par 5, but I got 18. Yep, that is correct. 18.  Col got a tidy 10. We started with 3 balls, lost 1 and found 4.
After that we drove to the Nullarbor Roadhouse. Nullarbor meaning ‘No Trees’, and there really isn’t. We did stop along the way on the Eyre Highway for Col to use his chainsaw and collect some firewood before getting to the Nullarbor. It was a beautiful drive. Again it has been raining all day. Not what either of us expected. I saw this sign and it made me laugh – I never knew that there was a danger of camels walking out onto the road, but apparently there are over 100,000 wild camels on the Nullarbor Plain!
There is not a whole lot at the Nullarbor Roadhouse Caravan Park – at first it looked to me like an abandoned drive in. But when you look closer you do find some interesting things indeed. Be aware that while you can buy emergency items here, it is very, very expensive!! A cube of water is $15 and a medium jar of Nescafe $20. So stock up in Ceduna before you cross the Nullarbor. Be aware that you cross the border into WA at Eucla and have to throw away your fresh fruit and veg, so plan your meals ahead. You also have to pay $1 per 4 minutes to use the showers here too. I wondered how they would monitor this but it is a coin operated shower!
Cute little camp kitchen area.
After we set up camp we headed off to see the ‘Head of Bight’. It does close at 4pm when it is not Whale season, so keep this in mind and it also costs $7 for an adult. It is really beautiful, and I can’t imagine how amazing it would be to see it filled with Whales and calves! Whale season is the 1st June to the 30th October and they are open a little longer during the peak season.
I was in the van when it filled with the most spectacular light. I went outside to see this amazing sunset. Really beautiful.
Hi guys.. gee weather gone from 1 extreme to the other. Nullarbor golf is a good way to break up the drive too & fun. Once again lovely photos.
Doesn’t look like too many people around or other travelling nomads ?
Keep warm ???
Thanks Karen – I know it is crazy! Boiling hot to quite cold. But it is not ruining the trip. The Caravan Park has filled up overnight and there are about 6 other campers now. The sun also managed to shine through today which is nice. x
Ive done that trip to the border too.
That camel sign surprised me and a work colleague too. He actually said “if we see camels out here i ll stop the car and chase them” ……….
3 hours later a we saw a herd (i assume thats what u call it!!!) of camels.
Seeing my mate chasing the herd was funny. The move quite gracefully actually.
FYI no animals were hurt or stressed. The clearly out ran him !
OMG Stan that is the BEST story. That would have been hilarious. Fortunately or unfortunately we haven’t seen any. I would like to see them running around, just not on the road in front of me! It is funny that you hear about the roos all the time, but never the camels. X
Oh i love these photos ,especially the sunset .love the False advertising sign funny .golfing sounds fun too .keep safe
thanks Jo – glad you liked the photos. The sunset was truly breathtaking
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Incredible photos guys!! The head of Bight looked amazing.. and that sunset!! I hope you guys budgeted on selling a limb at some point soon ha! If you come across a herd of camels we’d love to see pics… xx
Thanks Jem! I have been looking for the camels, but no luck yet. I will definitely get a pic if I can. It is a pretty amazing place x