Tuesday 10th April 2018
Happy birthday Andi.

Today is another big drive day. Streaky Bay to Eucla or Madura or Cocklebiddy. Destination will be determined by time of day, tiredness and what our tour director has in mind along the way.

First port of call is training. After missing out on a swimming session at Broken Hill in the 50m pool, we decided we really needed to do one today. Unfortunately the session was a little difficult as the pool was only 17m and didn’t have any lane ropes. We only managed 1600m as DB was dizzy from tumble turns and it was a little choppy. Anyway better than not swimming at all. Next was a quick track session, then breakfast.

We then went for a little walk along the foreshore which was beautiful followed by Streaky Bay headland drive. This was again spectacular. We finally left the Eyre Peninsula about 11am heading west to who knows where as yet. We stopped at the Oyster Bar for lunch where we had more oysters which put last nights to shame. At least two maybe three times bigger. Definitely worth the stop. Moving along we are heading  along the Nullabor Plain as I type. All of a sudden the trees stop and it is just flat, flat, flat plains along a long straight, straight road. Very cool. At this stage I don’t know where we will sleep tonight as it is now 5.40pm and we still have 2 hours to go to get to Eucla. We stopped to take a photo of the straight road so I thought and DB disappeared off the highway in search of a cave that was noted as a point of interest on WikiCamp App. He finally found it but unfortunately we need a ladder to get down there. Off we go again, 10 minutes later. Oh Oh, here we go again. He has just turned off the highway down a dirt track, no sign, nothing to tell me where we are going. But wow, I love this man, the views are amazing. We are at a free camp on the edge of a cliff of the Great Australian Bight. It is the most spectacular views and all hidden away with not a signpost to tell you it is here. What a find.

We then went along further to another lookout which was great too, but the first one was exceptional. A quick visit at this lookout as it had got quite cool, overcast and windy and we still had 2 hours left to drive to Eucla. Onward we head as the light starts to fade and yet again we are running late. Hopefully Graham and Nigel have decided to stop at Eucla for the night. After another visit to the Quarantine station where we lost some of the food we managed to keep at the SA entry check point we finally reached Eucla at 7pm WA time. Just in time to order some dinner before the kitchen closed.

Another great day,