Day 94 Over the Nullarbor into SA
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 06:26AM Ok today was a better day! I mean I was not complaining yesterday about the drive I was just sharing my thoughts with you.
Last night we stayed at Eucla, now the only thing in Eucla is a servo, motel, caravan park & restaurant. So we booked a site & basically crawled into our cave & ate & slept.
This morning we travelled the rest of the Nullarbor plain, and it is pretty plain! So we decided to stop at the Nullarbor roadhouse & have Brekky/Lunch. $15 for a hamburger & $13.50 for Ness’s scrambled eggs with bacon!..... Gee the cost of getting fresh food here sure adds to the price. And I am 99% sure it was powered egg, now that makes me angry, charge $13.50 if it is real egg but not if fake. But the experience was worth it! We can now say we have had lunch in probably one of the remotest roadhouses in the world!
Mum you don’t want to know what we paid for tea towels here! Would have been cheaper to pay you cash for your part in the DVD!
Had to bypass the whales at the Head of the Bight... as they have not arrived yet! We read an article that said the first whales were spotted on Mothers day, but they were 1000km away so will not get to the Bight for a few weeks yet...... Maybe next time.
You already know about us using the CB radio to communicate with the truckies, well today Ness shook her head in disgust at me because there was a truckie behind us & we were listening to Cyndi Lauper on the Ipod, I told her to turn it off while I spoke to the truckie.... I did not want him to hear that I was listening to Cyndi!!!...... No comments on this one Rob!
Now you know how you hear about people getting killed on the roads!.... We saw just how easily it can happen today. We were cruising along at 100km/h and there was a turn off to a side road on our left hand side...... it had a turn in lane so that any trucks turning left could pull across into the left lane and then turn left. As we were not turning we stayed in the normal lane, we were nearing the end of the turn in lane when a white Toyota Aurion came flying past us on the LEFT HAND SIDE!!!! But as the turn in lane ended it had to go onto the dirt to finish passing us. Bloody Stupid!!!! And it flicked up rocks at us.......if it had broken our windscreen I would have been so pissed off!...... now I know I will get into trouble for this but it was a woman driver!!!!
Nikki asked us if there was another way we could come home..... as she does not like driving the same way twice!..... Gee your kids will be screwed up Nikki!!! How many different ways can you drive them to school! Nikki, check out the map...there are two options to get back east, via the Nullabor(south coast of Australia) or up across via Darwin(north coast) and down the east coast of Australia from QLD. We chose the Nullabor as it would add another 2-3 weeks on the trip the other way!! Maybe next time.
Anne asked if we have seen many wildflowers & native plants on our travels, well Anne apart from the Sturts Desert Pea that Ness stuck into the dash there has not been much to see. The desert is bare but beautiful & the bush is rough & beautiful..... The Sturt Desert Peas are absolutely beautiful and I would pick one and just put them in the van in a cup, nothing like having flowers in your home.
Marg & Norm you guys are in real trouble!.... you did not tell us about Smokey Bay!!!! Tonight we headed back through Ceduna & decided not to stay there but to pop down the coast. We were going to go to Streaky Bay but decided just to stop at Smokey Bay. Man you have to see this place.( I am sure they have) According to the local caravan park owner there are approx 200 full time locals, but this place is beautiful! The main industries here are fishing & oysters.
Speaking of Oysters...... when in Rome...... So I bought myself a dozen fresh (and I mean FRESH) oysters. Went up the local club and grabbed some take away beers & then came back to the van & shucked myself some Oysters with lemon juice. Photos to follow....
On my leatherman pocketknife, which by the way is a Bear Grills replica Leatherman pocketknife, there is an oyster shucking attachment...... so if Bear can do it then I can do it!
My dinner tonight consisted of a dozen LARGE oysters and a couple of beers, combine that with a Smokey Bay sunset & a walk on the pier with My Missus...... what a perfect night!
(Sandy & Granny don’t read the next paragraph) But I’m guessing the van will be rockin’ tonight if those Oysters kick in!
Hey we got pulled up at the fruit fly checkpoint at Ceduna, they confiscated two bananas, half a capsicum & a bunch of lettuce! I bet they take a lot of it home to eat! I would!
Shona & Sam.... thanks for the kindling, Sam I will pay you by finding a model plane for you.
Mel S welcome home.... How did you do in Vegas?
Ok adios from Ness & Bear.... I mean James..... in Smokey Bay!
Reader Comments (3)
I know you said no comment but......grow a pair James, if you're tough enough to talk on the CB, you're tough enough to talk on it with your choice of music playing, besides what I know about truck drivers in the US, most of them wouldn't mind a bit of cyndi....
Hi . Great photos. Isnt it beautiful to see the sun go down over the ocean. Your lucky to see it. So used to seeing the sun come up on the horizon living on the East.
Wishing you a safe journey. sandy
Hi guys, back in Bris-Vegas and I must say, it is quite different from Las-Vegas! Had a ball, but certainly won't be retiring on my poker winnings! Shopped myself silly and just did not stop walking. The United business class product is probably the best I have ever experienced. Truly amazing service. New York was amazing. Stayed in the meat packing district in a totally cool hotel that is called The Standard. Nothing standard about it, I can tell you! Great beer garden, and uber trendy roof bar where all the celebs hangout. Love NYC, would have loved to stay another week!
Will put photos on facebook. Looking at yours now, you have some gorgeous shots.
Hope you are both well.
xxxx