4TH APRIL 2013 – CEDUNA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Another lovely morning to be on the ‘grey nomad’ trail with beautiful blue skies & large landscapes. We are still following the coast though unfortunately we can’t see it a it a lot of time. There are lots of little beach places to call into if we want to go down lots of dirt tracks & don’t mind travelling really slowly. It’s gently rolling country present & for a change we see some lovely black faced sheep though only a small group. We do finally see some larger mobs of sheep rather 10 or 20 & they seem to be cleaner here.

Ceduna waterfront

 

Ceduna is where the Flinders & Eyre Highways meet. It is a reasonable modern little town, very clean & well laid out with a nice waterfront esplanade with gardens & large Norfolk Pines, a very pleasant spot to have morning tea. The water is tranquil & there are a group of kayaks making the most of it (lucky things). We have to make a trip to the supermarket here to stock up to cross the Nullarbor & find they appear to be making a film in the main street. Who knows, we may be an extra in an Aussie film? There is a large population of aboriginals here (the first we have seen since Wilcannia en route to Broken Hill), but they all seem well dressed & well behaved. There are several policemen in evidence around town who look immaculate in their ‘aussie beige’ uniforms & sunhats. Fuel is $1.52 here.

While here in Ceduna Stuart wants to visit the port of Thevenard as he used to call here on ships when he was in the Merchant Navy many years ago. They take gypsum, grain, salt etc from here. There are also some small islands just off Thevenard which are reputed to be those in the book ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ & the land of the giants. Apparently they are the only known islands in the world which match the description.

Port Thevenard

 

Back on the highway we sight a large stock truck with sheep 4 tiers high with barely an inch to move, poor things. As we travel there is a definite blush of green to some of the paddocks, due to recent rain they had here. There will be no more towns now until we cross into W.A.

One thing I have omitted to mention is that since Port Lincoln we have been following the Great Australian Bight which we will see more of in the following days.