Before the Nullabour

THURSDAY, 31st May 2012 (Wow, last day of Autumn - guess it's going to get really cold now!)

Having another day at Streaky, we drove out to see Smoky Bay (with Razor Fish....) and also noticed another Feral Cat casually crossing the road.  So far these are the only wild animals we have seen bar crows.  Even the hawks now are few and far between.

Speaking of Feral critters...................

he tells me it makes him look distinguised.

(Hopefully everyone will think he's endangered and won't go and shoot him!)



We continued on to Ceduna, and low and behold....... Greg was ecstatic (The caravan park here didn't have a boom gate with a Code to get in and out of - reckoned those guys had some smarts he did)

FRIDAY, 1st June 2012 (Yep, 1st day of Winter, brrrrr)

We headed out to have a look at Denial Bay and McKenzie's Ruins and then onto Nadia Landing. Back in the early 1800's McKenzie established a de-salination area and this was used to irrigate crops in the area.  Once he got too old to continue working the plant, he spent much time helping new pioneers to settle into this region. 

 Now,

Nadia Landing is a natural rock landing jutting into the bay which was used back in the late 1700's and early 1800's for bringing food and stores ashore to the small community. (Looks like another great spot for Phil to launch his new boat too!)

Greg did check the depth for you Phil, but reckons your boat may be a little large to launch from here!

And another cat we see (every one of them are Tabbies too, so we reckon there's a bit of natural selection happening and these guys are going to grow longer legs soon and look like Africa's Wild Cat - survival of the fittest *lol* all the black, white, and tortoiseshell have been weeded out)

We drove onto Davonport Creek Road and found these interesting critters.  They told us we could go on past and it shouldn't be too bad, maybe just a few rocks or so, but we thought maybe there were other more interesting things to look at so we turned around and headed back another way.  We followed these corrugations for about 24 kms, doing around 30 or 40km/hr because the road actually looks wider than it is and they were way deeper than you think too.  No going faster to skip across these ones.

Rocky Point

St Peter's Island

On the way we found Rocky Point and (Yep, something for you Pete) St Peter's Island.

Well guys,  tomorrow we head off towards the Nullabour via The Head of Bight .... so sleep well all and catch you later xoxoxo