Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Today is the first of October and close to the end of our odessy.

This morning as usual we left our camp at the comfortable time of 10am long after everyone else who was camped with us. Before leaving however Elaine had chatted with a couple of Weagles supporters on there way to Melbourne and was given a flag so that we could show our allegiance. By the way we were dumbfounded at the cost of their tickets.

Still heading west we stopped briefly at Yalata where the road house has been boarded up due, we discovered to asbestos issues. Then on to the Head of the Bight. This basically is the northern most point of the Great Australian  Bight and the start of the very spectacular Bunda Cliffs. To quote from the brochure 'whales take up residence here for an entire 5 month period from June to October'. Unfortunately it is the end of the season but we were fortunate enough to see a couple of mothers with calves. We have seen whales before and at much closer quarters but this was a new and very nice experience. The centre is, presumably, owned by the local Yalata community and the shop is run by whities. The whole set up is great with a well set up visitor centre that blends into the surroundings and has the usual story boards explaining everything including the geology, the marine details etc. Then after paying our entrance fee, reduced because we are seniors and reduced again because it is late in the season, we walked down to the viewing platforms. One is a lookout with a good view over the ocean and an excellent view of the Bunda Cliffs, the other is a boardwalk meandering down the hill to the cliff edge. In this case the boardwalk provided an excellent view of mother and calf really close to shore.

Tonight we are camped in a specially provided area at the gates to the HOB, just a flat surface with an old building in the middle.

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