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Sunset at Dundas Rocks WA. |
Dundas and Norseman Dundas Rocks, an old gold town site, was once a thriving settlement but as with many of the early gold towns is now only a location on a few maps. There are no buildings standing and only a few streets and roads marked. The site of the old hotel is indicated by a simple sign and visitors can imagine the activities as they fossick through the few scattered remains of the old town. The road is good gravel giving access to a large camping area a short way past the old town. We did manage to puncture a trailer tyre which we had fixed in Norseman. It was here at the Norseman Information Centre that we met another family traveling in a bus with three children about the same age as our own. We traveled together for another 6 days across the nullarbor sharing some great experiences. |
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Eucla We stopped at the Eucla roadhouse and shared a lunch of chips with the Johnstons before driving our rigs down to the Old Telegraph Station near the beach. Using our four wheel drives we headed towards the old pier which now stands derelict a short distance from the Telegraph Station. We then drove east along the beach towards the beginning of the trademark Nullarbor cliffs. We also walked up a large sand dune to be rewarded with a unique view of sand sculptures that had been made by the almost constant blowing of the wind. Whilst a short distance from the Nullarbor Roadhouse we noticed a dingo only a short distance from the road. Upon discussing the close proximity of the dingo to the roadhouse wit the proprietor we were informed that the wild dogs came in for water. Before we left 2 young dingoes and an adult male walked trough the roadhouse driveway before continuing on their way. We were quite surprised by their obvious familiarity with humans. |
Romaine and distance markers at Eucla WA. |
Peter and friends fishing from rocks at Fowlers Bay SA. |
Fowlers Bay On a cold and windy day we entered Fowlers Bay township and had a very refreshing walk to the end of the jetty. We had never witnessed a town so close to encroaching sand dunes. We wondered if there would be fewer houses in years to come. From there we drove along a corrugated road arriving at the camping area amongst these white dunes. Some great opportunities for some more photos. With our red bus and the Johnstons blue bus parked in an L shape we managed to block some of the wind. For dinner we thought some pizzas would be nice. Although being over 150 km from the nearest pizza delivery we decided to pool our resources and made our own. The following day began with pancakes and a drive with the 4 Wheel Drive and Quad bikes towards the headland on the western side of Fowlers Bay. The drive took us through sand dunes to the beach and to the limestone clifftops. We were amazed to encounter some seals playing in the water in a sheltered cove. After closer inspection we saw the rest of the colony lazing on the beach after a mornings fishing. We decided this was the perfect place for a picnic lunch. As the children excitedly looked at the seals, it was lovely to see the seals swimming right up to them and doing the same. In this cove we also watched a pod of dolphins. An incredible and unforgettable day. Peter and Raymond braved the cliffs fishing with our traveling friends. Unfortunately not a lucky day for us but some Parrot fish were caught by our friends. We said our goodbyes to the Johnstons after our enjoyable crossing of the Nullarbor together. Driving eastward to Penong we refueled and then to Ceduna where we stayed at a van park to catch up with washing. |