Friday 31 July 2026 - 178641
There
was frost on the car this morning after a very cold night. It was 1 degree
Celsius on waking this morning – glad I bought those slippers. We had a later
start this morning as the sun gets up so late this far south in winter. We prepared a curry to cook in the thermal
cooker as we travelled today. We did our gym routines followed by a billy bath
and leisurely breakfast. We left camp at 9:45am.
Today
was the beginning of our touristing, rather than just covering distance.
Stop
1 Bookabie School Ruins – there are ruins of schools all through here, most
having closed in the 1950’s.
Stop
4 Head of Bight – I had high expectation as I had heard this was special,
it did not disappoint! There were so many whales and in so close to the cliffs.
I had thought I may need my binoculars, but we were able to watch about 10
whales at a time without any assistance. We saw about 20 different whales in
the hour we watched, including one particularly active calf. The view of the
Bunda Cliffs was also quite impressive.
Stop
5 Nullarbor Roadhouse and Murrawijinie Caves – the three caves were all
different and all spectacular in their own way. The road had puddles on it, not
something I was expecting to see on the Nullarbor Plains; it would have been a
quagmire in the wet.
Nullarbor Roadhouse Murrawijinie Cave
We
have camped for the night at the 164K Peg Area Rest Area, approximately 20km
west of Nullarbor.
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