Travelling Around : Madura

NB Day 7 _ Oops! this post is out of order! 😕

Bunda Cliffs

Storm on its way!

We had another storm overnight with lots of lightning flashes which woke me up but it was interesting and although at first I was feeling a bit uneasy I finally enjoyed it in a strange way. We woke up and had our showers and Ron made breakfast of eggs and tomatoes. It was a great way to start the day and we also needed to use up some of our fresh food as we would be crossing the border where there is a check of what can go across into WA and large fines for anything on the banned list. We arrived at Border Village around 11 am and through the Quarantine Check without any problems.

Very windy at Bunda Cliffs

Rooey the Kangaroo at Border Village

At the border

The rain stopped but we have had a head wind so we kept going without stopping at Eucla but plan to stop on our return trip.

The distance from Eucla to Mundrabilla approx. 90 km

We stopped at Mundrabilla for fuel and continued on. There were lots of kangaroos and emus and even more roadkill with crows having a feast. A Police car and Ambulance passed us and we heard on the CB that there was a bad accident ahead which makes you realise that the roads out here can be very dangerous too even though there is not a lot of traffic.

These strips on the road are for emergency aircraft landings

Many kangaroos on road

Madura Pass

Road to Mundrabilla
We continued on to Madura where we again got fuel. We get fuel at every opportunity we can as occasionally there is no fuel available due to fuel tankers not arriving when expected. Distance from Mundrabilla to Madura approx. 90 km

We arrived at Cocklebiddy about 90 km and fuelled up again.

Mundrabilla

A rusty Rugby 1923 at Mundrabilla

An FC Holden roadside wreck

We continued on as we had gained 3/4 hr when crossing the border and stopped at Caiguna for a coffee and headed off again. This is the start of the 160 km straight road and although the previous road was relatively straight this section has absolutely no bends or curves at all.

We were now looking for somewhere to stop for the night, and about 4pm we found the Baxter Rest Area which is a huge area and there were already quite a few campers stopped so I felt comfortable stopping there. Today we travelled 512 km which is quite a long way for us in a day so we are ready to stop and settle in for the night here.