NULLARBOR HERE WE COME!

Well what to expect!!! Long boring drives, nothing to see and the same old soundtrack in the car. It wasn't actually that bad. It was pretty green and we did it in 3 days. Lots of big days, but plenty of free campsites to stay.

We stayed at one.......which had such a pretty sunrise. Michael thought this was the best one yet,and hopefully you can share our view.There are no fences or anything so you are literally standing on the edge of the country and what a feeling. We had severe winds when we were there, I thought the caravan was going to take off at one stage. It was so cold that poor Phoebe was the hot water bottle in between Michael and I, none of us could sleep from the teeth chattering!!!

I knitted my way through the Nullarbor and the kids did lots of schoolwork and lots of DSIing. It took alot out of Michael driving like that for days but we were rewarded by the most amazing sight when we got to Head of the Bight. Southern Right Whales!!! WOW!!!They come here every year from July to September to have their babies. The platform weaves it's way down the cliff and you are right amongst it. You can hear them, see them clearly within 50mtrs and what a day!!! There were 77 whales spotted and 47 babies just playing in the ocean, we were lucky enough to see 2 albino babies as well. It was one of those moments you never want to forget.

We love waking up in the morning never knowing what's ahead of you, and we have many a day like that, but we did see a cyclist on the Nullarbor, and Michael and I looked at each other and said " We have to stop and give this guy a cuppa". After our freezing night we had pity on this poor guy cycling, it would have been about 1c, winds blowing and the rain on our tails. So we stopped him and caught up for a cuppa at the next pit stop. Well if you need inspiration look no further. Chris is a Kiwi and woke up 2 weeks ago, with his wife asking him what he wanted to do for his 60th. Said, well, I'll sleep on it and woke up and decided to cycle across Australia! WHAT! Bought a ticket to Perth and bought a bike and away you go. This guy isn't a cyclist, a civil engineer come bee keeper from Auckland and a very nice guy. So needless to say Michael and I didn't complain about the cold for the rest of the day. We hope he gets to Buderim to see his daughter!

We were going to catch up with Michael's cousin Mat and his fiance Danie in Ceduna so after a long day on the road and a very relaxed Quarantine, we dropped the caravan off and had a wonderful home cooked meal and a great night out catching up.Danie's family own an oyster business and we organised a tour with Danie's dad Ash on Saturday morning and what an interesting morning. I never knew there was so much involved with growing oysters. Ash has southern oysters here, a real delicacy!!! And we couldn't come here and not try one!!! We got to meet Danie's beautiful family and they were such warm friendly people that were so accommodating. It was so nice to see family and see a familiar face.

Mat is a policeman here and we got the royal tour, what a great guy, and great with the kids! They all got mug shots and sat in a police car what a treat for some city kids. We got to see the holding cells and the padded cell, I think the kids get the picture!!! Mat here patrols the highway so alot of the Nullarbor and a massive area to cover. They check alot of the road trains coming through and because there's only one way in and out there's a good chance to catch a baddie!!!  We're sorry we don't have photos of Ceduna, it was not very nice weather while we were there, but a very cute little beach town that we will all remember.The kids just loved Danie and her cat Bella and her dog called Diesel. The kids could have stayed here for awhile, Danie is great with kids.

So on we keep trucking full steam ahead, and at the moment we are in Port Augusta, not a memorable place. You always have to be suspicious of a place that says in all the books, just a place to stock up!!Mmmmmmm. Good place to get the car serviced and get out. 

On the way we had lunch at a fantastic spot call Pildappa Rock.  We were a bit dissapointed that we didn't visit Wave Rock but were told about this place by Danie's parents and they though it was just as good.  What a surprise this was.

We have to mention a funny thing. Yes like the rest of the country we are, including the kids, getting right into all the election hooplaa and had a very funny incident this morning. Sitting at the breaky table watching the news (ahh power we love it) Scarlett's sitting there eating her coco pops and says"Is that Tony Rabbit?'Well we were in fits of laughter!!! The kids are constantly making assessment on Julia Gulia's hair. We are all getting in the spirit of this election!!!  So with our voting done will hopefully be out bush somewhere on that day.