Fowlers Bay

We had a very sleepless night last night, the wind was blowing a gale!  We had another early start this morning and were packed up and on the road by 7.30am. 

We stopped at Eucla for morning tea.  Not much here at all but a servo.  We ate our last lot of fruit before heading across the border to South Australia as you can't take fruit and vegies across the border.   

We had some hot chips at the Nullarbor Roadhouse and then headed to Head of Bight.  This is where the Southern Right Whales come to breed every winter.  This used to be an old whaling station and they were called Southern Right Whales because they were the "right" whales to kill because they yeilded lots of oil.  There were heaps of whales here and certainly a site to see!  They were not very active but there were lots of calves swimming around.  The boys were stoked that they have now seen 3 types of whales on this trip; the Humpback, Fin Whales and now the Southern Right Whale.

We continued across the never ending road called the Nullarbor.  I can tell you, I am not enjoying this section of our trip and am not keen to ever travel this road again!

We decided to stop at Fowlers Bay because a couple of people have raved about the place.  I wasn't so sure when we had to travel 20kms on a dirt road to get there.  We arrived into the town and literally there is a jetty and a caravan park and that is all!  People rave about this place and Jason loved it but it wasn't my cup of tea.  I couldn't wait to get out of the place!  If you are into serenity and fishing, then you would love it here but certainly not enough to do here to keep the kids entertained.  It did have a nice atmosphere though and we all had dinner in the camp kitchen talking to the travellers who come here every year.

I think we will only stay the one night and push on tomorrow to Coffin Bay.

Nat