Adventure West - Cape-Le-Freezing

We are enjoying a freezing, windy, rainy and stormy  Australian "Summer" in WA. It didn't stop us visiting Cape Le Grande National Park, although no one  was brave enough to snorkel.

Adventure West - Around Esperance

Today we travelled on to Esperance. The weather wasn't brilliant, in fact there were some thunder storms which is probably what started this bushfire nearby.

We had a look around the historical village and the esplanade. As usual Dad and L beat R and I at mini golf. The kids took the miniature train ride.

We followed the Ocean Road tourist drive for cliff-top lookouts and the wind farm.

Hopefully tomorrow will be warm enough for a beach swim.

Adventure West - The Long Road

Today we finally made it across the Nullarbor; a long and tedious journey. We've driven just about 4000km since leaving home.

Road train - R and L for scale!

The Eyre highway in this area also doubles as a runway for the royal flying doctor service.

On the way we passed one of the Nullarbor blow holes. It wasn't blowing but did contain a dead snake.

At Balladonial Roadhouse we looked into the tiny museum. It contains parts of the US "Sky Lab" space station which broke up as it entered Earth's atmosphere in 1979, scattering fragments over the plain. The US was issued with a $400 littering fine!

Other exhibits included a stuffed camel and a selection of native poop!

We'll now take a meandering route across WA to Perth.

Adventure West - Nullar-Boring

Today we made it half way across the Nullarbor desert. A very, very boring road! Still there were some sights along the way.

For information about the route check out Nullarbor Net

At Head of Bight we saw the beautiful ocean colours and the Bunda cliffs, which at about 800km long are the longest sea cliffs in the World. It wasn't the right time of year for whales though.

Bunda Cliffs

Antarctica is out there somewhere

Whale bones

Never mind, we saw 2 "Big Whales" on the roadside.

We've crossed over into Western Australia and are mighty confused by the time zones. WA is 2.5 hours behind SA but, in the region either side of the border, the towns seem to have made up their own local times too!

Big Kangaroo

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Campsite cat

We took a short drive down to the ruined telegraph station at Eucla where the sand dune is burying the building. Eyre's memorial is here too.

About 725km further to our next stop!

Adventure West - New Year at Streaky Bay

We spent New Year at Streaky bay where they have the biggest firework display in South Australia outside of Adelaide. It was pretty good. We took some drives around the nearby countryside and beaches. The water in Streaky Bay was positively hot, great for a dip!