THIS WEEK'S FEATURED PHOTO

THIS WEEK'S FEATURED PHOTO
34,000km ... and back again ... full circle!

Thursday, November 10, 2011

SA Great!

Yay! Our home state - the best one in the country!

Excited about returning to SA


     
A very wet Border Village after storms the previous night. We
were under the impression that SA was the driest state in the
driest continent... and yes, this was definitely the eastern side
of the border!


Just in case we couldn't find our way back to Adelaide!!
It is now only 1320 kms away.

...and it is straight!!


The Nullabor - not 'bor'ing at all!

For all the anticipation we didn't find the Nullabor as tiresome as we had been led to believe. There was plenty to see, certainly plenty of other traffic about. And in all shapes and sizes! We lost count of how many wide loads there were from Norseman to Port Wakefield. The kids also passed a bit of time watching movies, as we had a coupleof longer days in the car than what we have had. We now know the "Bring It On" and the "Fast and Furious" series quite well!??


This happened plenty of times... and we weren't going that
slow either.
One of the many 'wide loads' we saw.
Many had escort vehicles tho, and most had mining-type equipment as their loads! There's certainly plenty of that heading to WA.



Hmmm... not fun in my opinion!

Beautiful Bunda Cliffs - to the west

Bunda Cliffs - to the East


One-legged kids - they must have been run over
by a camel!
The real sign, adjacent to the Nullabor -  And so much for the Nullabor being a "treeless plain" - this
was about as 'treeless' as it gets! A lot of it is like the road between Coomandook and Tintinara!

Jed at the Head of the Bight

Head of the Bight - where the whales usually play! They had, unfortunately
for us, left the Bight to head South again four days earlier.
The only whale we were likely to see - at the Nullabor Roadhouse

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Wildlife Witnessed

  • Humpback whales playing off Cape Naturaliste
  • Sea Eagle catching a 30cm fish and landing on beach
  • Dugongs, near Monkey Mia
  • Dolphins (Puk, Piccolo ...etc) at Monkey Mia
  • Sea creatures at 'Ocean Park', near Denham
  • Angel, Parrot & Clown Fish
  • Rays
  • Fish, fish and more fish!
  • Goanna eating a Western Brown snake
  • Ta-Ta Lizard, that would sit still and wave a foot
  • Camel - trying to nibble my backside
  • Wedge-tailed eagles eating carcases on the side of the road
  • Clouds of Budgies in the outback
  • Crocodiles - 4, in the Daintree River
  • Forest Kingfisher