My Sunday Selections

Smoky Bay

Continuing the theme of country towns while travelling from South Australia to Western Australia in 2017.

This meme is now continued by Elephant's Child and I occasionally join in as do a few others. Andrew is one. Drop in to Elephant's Child and have a look.   

Smoky Bay, population of about 200, is a popular seaside town on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula and is known for its oysters and fishing.  It has a jetty and boat ramp.

The beach has a lot of seaweed

Interesting rock formations in Smoky Bay

Our next town was Ceduna, a town of about 3,500 people.  We stopped here to replenish a few supplies at the supermarket as Ceduna is larger than many of the small towns and has more shops.

The Ceduna foreshore area

 

The Ceduna Hotel

 

We left Ceduna and headed off to Penong to visit the outdoor Windmill Museum..

There are about 20 windmills which have been donated by local farmers and includes Australia's largest windmill. 

After spending some time at the windmills we hit the road again and found a good  overnight stay at the Cohen rest area.  The rest area is located on the site of the old school and there are still some remains of the buildings.  It was a great spot to stay for the night.

Scenery along the way

Cohen rest area

Relaxing outside

Ron inspecting the ruins

A good overnight stay

After our stay at the old school site we headed off again towards the Head of the Bight at Nullarbor.

The roadside scenery

The Head of the Bight Whale Centre is about 12km from Nullarbor.

Near the Whale Centre is a free camping area but we decided not to stay there as it was still early afternoon

Unfortunately there were no whales visiting at this time of the year so we had a quick look around and enjoyed a cup of coffee at the Visitor Centre.  In 2009 we were lucky to see a lot of whales when at the Whale Centre.

Below are photos of whales I took on our trip in 2009.

Watching the whales with friends

Always something different to look at or buy at the Visitor Centre

A nice modern setting leading out to the boardwalk

At Nullarbor we got fuel, there is also a Motel for overnight stays.

Below is the Menu (ha ha), in the old buildings which have now been replaced by a new Roadhouse and Service Station.

We usually fill our fuel tanks whenever we can as sometimes the Service Stations run out of fuel because of transport problems so it is best to keep the tanks full if possible

Nullarbor means treeless, and for many kms it is but there 

are quite a lot of small bushes and small trees along the road.  Many people think the Nullarbor is a boring drive but we have done it 4 times and enjoy it every time, as there is always something interesting to see you just have to look for it.