Saturday October 3

Well there we were all prepared so we headed for the border. During the night my phone beeped with a split second of coverage and changed to WA time. But when we 

actually got cover again it went back to central Australian time! We stopped at another lookout also nicely set up to showcase the Bight. A little further along we came across some clifftop areas that would be suitable for camping. We stopped at one of them and were rewarded with a magnificent white, seaweed free, beach stretching for kms either side. 

Then we reached the border and our cherubic faces, thorough preparation and charming manner ensured a fairly quick and easy inspection before being told, nicely, to nick off. 

Twelve kilometres further on we stopped at Eucla for fuel and to watch the football. They had it on in the bar at the rather new looking motel. About 30 people came in to watch, the hotel put out a nice range of nibbles and we settled down to watch. After the usual preliminaries it started, I managed about 5 minutes and retired to the van. Elaine stayed on but gave up when it became obvious to her that the Weagles were being de-feathered. 

Onward, westward and we have settled for the night at a rest area just 36 kms west of Eucla. 

Friday October 2

Interesting day today. We left the HOB campground heading west towards home. First stop was the Nullabor roadhouse where we fueled and watered. On the way there we dealt with one of the issues that go with traveling in a motorhome or caravan and that is the toilet cassette. The casette is the holding tank for our toilet and is, like most other  vans, only about 20ltrs capacity (whereas our boat has 100ltrs capacity). So it is fairly small and is only good for 2-3 days, usually that is ok as there are 'dump points' in most towns. However between Ceduna and Norseman, a distance of about 1300 kms, there are only 2 dump points, both in WA. So for someone like us dawdling along and stopping to look at everything we have to find other ways of emptying the casette. That involves digging a hole and filling that hole in afterwards. So much for the nitty gritty of life on the road. 

After the Nullabor roadhouse we stopped at lookout number 1 to view the very spectacular coastline of the Great Australian Bight. As in a lot of places around Australia some effort has been put into providing a viewing place with story board, very nice. There are 2 more of these lookouts along the way. 

Then into a rest area about 81kms from the border where Elaine has spent the afternoon cooking up our veggies to take over the border. Quarantine rules are in place but those fruit and vegetable items on the nogo list are acceptable if cooked and going into WA they are very strict. Also on this run the nearest shops in WA are, we believe, in Norseman about 700 kms from the border so we will need our stocks.