EYRE PENINSULA

More amazing sunsets on the peninsula outside Port Kenny

Part of the Tahlia Caves on Eyre Peninsula

Again at the Tahlia caves

 

 So where's Wally

 Aww there he is....

Karen has started a new craze, it's called 'Aerobics on the Rocks'!

And after a bit of Rock Aerobics it's time to teach the kiddies how to dive correctly from the rocks to the water below!

More diving areas

Ooooooooooo spooky washing water!

And because Karen was a little scared by this it was
TIME TO HIT THE ROAD

CEDUNA

As we cross into South Australia

Beautiful one day

Better the next

THE NEXT DAY

After a good nights sleep and a cuppa tea I decided to get the old legs moving and take a walk down the beach and do some old star jump exercises

And there's always time to relax and take in a few rays

 And nobody can argue the pure majesty of this great country

And it just gets more and more beautiful.....

And another tradition on the Plain is for travelers to leave their mark so we thought it only fitting....

And with some serious kilometres to get behind us still,

IT'S TIME TO HIT THE ROAD

MAKING KILOMETRES

 And the kilometres keep on coming....

The harsh terrain of the Nullabor is very unforgiving

We take a short break at Caiguna for a cuppa with some old friends Jacko and Ruby owners of the roadhouse and a truckie we made friends with that was halling cars across the Plain.

We eventually came to that amazing part of Australia called the Great Aussie Bite.

And after a long and eventful day it was time to settle down for a sparkling soda water and a bit of the bush tucker that was left over from the night before and get some much needed shut eye.

SET FOR TROUBLE

First night on the Nullabor and little did we know we were set from some trouble

After a weary day on the road we settled for a nice little camp spot between Balladonia and Caiguna.  Just us and some friendly back packers

Only to set off after some refreshments and terrific bush tucker, to find ourselves not going too far fast!

It's important that when you get into this type of situation that you don't panic and run around saying Karen what do I do now oh no why does this happen to me, aahhhh, where is the spanner, what does this do, where does this go?

With any seasoned bushman traveller you have all of the right equipment to do the job and they are easily accessible

Karen what's this thing do?

Ahhh it's a balloon, now that's fun.

And time to take the little blighter off!

Come on ya mongrel!

And with a bit of bushman's know how,

IT'S TIME TO HIT THE ROAD!

RFDS ON THE EYRE HWY

Scattered across the Nullabor is a series of roadway airstrips where the Flying Doctor lands in the case of emergencies.  If they do land officials from nearby communities will block ofF the highway when the plane is due to land.

Quite important that when you take a picture from this position that you don't cause an emergency by getting run over by oncoming traffic.

And it's time to hit the road!

GIBSON SOAK HOTEL

Gibson Soak Hotel

Gibson Soak hotel is between Esperance and Norseman and in dad's book (page 8 onward) he writes about when Mick Nelli (my grandfather) took the gang of railway workers to the Soak Hotel for a round of beers as a celebration for the birth of his daughter, Rosalie Nelli (dad's sister).

The tree looks like it has probably been there for over a 100 years too!

 

And after a short stop to wet the whistle, it's 

time to hit the road