On the road by 9.30am. Back tracked a little after leaving Madura Pass to take in the view of the Roe Plains. It looked like we were in the middle of Africa.
Not sure where we would stop tonight so we studied maps. At 11 o'clock we stopped at Mundrabilla Roadhouse where a commercial was being filmed for police and nurses of SA. All the petrol pumps bar one had armoured trucks with lights flashing on them and a police car parked not far away. At first we thought we'd come across a police escort of some sort. Then we saw the camera crew. It was all pretty exciting really, listening to them yell out "action" over and over again until they got the scene right. Never thought we'd see that across the Nullarbor. Much to my disappointment, not an animal to be seen....yet. I'm still hopeful.
12.15pm crossed WA/SA Border and stopped at Border Village roadhouse and purchased a
loaf of frozen bread for $5.00 The basics are scarce around here. Fresh bread is a rare treat.
Sadly, closer to home. Just down the road we stopped at a road stop with gorgeous views of the Head of Bight and here we ate lunch looking out to sea. The coast line was so beautiful.
At 3.45pm stopped at Nullarbor Roadhouse/Motel for fuel. Decided to press on into 'the never, never'. To our surprise we were really close to 'Head of Bight Whale Centre'. In we went so excited that we might see Southern Right Whales in the bay. The sign at the front gate said there were 14 whales and 3 calves. We were lost for words as we watched 4 whales and one calf in the Southern Ocean. The sounds they made were like nothing we'd heard before. We watched in amazement, feeling so lucky to see the whales.
Emilia & Elizabeth on the viewing platform with the Southern Right whale in the background.
Southern Right whale and her calf.
Bunda Cliffs in the background at Head of Bight.
After our amazing whale watching experience (we were the last to leave), we realized that at 5pm we were too far away to travel to the next town and traveling at night is not the done thing out here. So we asked the lady at the whale centre if she knew of any places we might be able to camp that were close by. "Yeah you can camp here, just down by the hut you drove past as you came in". Somebody was watching over us. This was the end to a perfect afternoon.
Free camping with the whales just down the road in the outback. This was true camping, no power, water or toilets!! We watched another gorgeous sunset to top off the night.
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