It takes a lot of concentration to drive such a straight road. Whilst the road is good its not very wide and there is virtually no shoulder which makes passing the mighty kings of the road a bit stressful at times. Not only that its all single lane road, you don't get a break of having a dual carriage way like we are used to when driving on the highway/freeway at home. I'm so glad I did it though it gives you such a different appreciation for the trip and you really get to feel it a lot more in the drivers seat than as a passenger.
Now enough about that, what else did we do today.
Well we were supposed to stay at Fowlers Bay tonight - we drove in there and we found out how it got its name - its fowl! There is rotting seaweed all over the beach and it stinks, the wind is blowing onshore so you have the smell blowing at you constantly - really not pleasant.
Don't you love the rubbish bins behind us - makes a great backdrop!!
This is all the town has going for it - a jetty, there is literally nothing here, actually the photo makes it look nicer than it really is let me promise you.
We had lunch here (and as she was microwaving our frozen pies she mentioned that the health department doesn't let them sell sandwiches anymore - now we're worried!!) anyway it was back in the car for Plan B - Cactus Beach. We asked at the kiosk what the road into Cactus Beach was like (as we knew already it was unsealed). The lady assured us it was better than the road into Fowlers Bay (partly unsealed) as it was maintained by Penong and that we would have no problems getting down there with the van. So off we went.
Well the road was not nice. Extremely corrugated with big rocks and lots of pot holes - and yep I was driving!!! At 5kms in Dave suggested we turn around although the road wasn't wide enough to turn around in so we continued on a bit further, at this point it seemed to improve - momentarily and we pushed on and kept going.
We passed a pink lake - weren't expecting that one so that was a nice surprise.
We arrived at Cactus Beach and decided to check out the beach before making a decision as to whether or not to stay. Camping in the camp ground is very basic and costs $10 per adult per night and $5 per child. There is no power and no water for drinking but there is bore water for showering.
The water looked nice enough but there really wasn't much beach, Dave decided that the surf wasn't good enough to risk getting taken by a shark - the waters here are known to be very sharky so we pushed onto Plan C.
Here we are at Ceduna, staying at Shelly Beach Caravan Park. The park is lovely and I am in heaven with the bathroom situation - you don't have to share - you have your own toilet and shower cubicle just like an ensuite at home. Water here comes from Port Lincoln 450kms away, just goes to show that even though we have shops, restaurants and supermarkets around us now we are still very remote.
We went for a walk along the very windy Shelly Beach this afternoon, the beach is covered in shells, not ones that are great for collecting but I did souvenir a couple of big scoops of the crushed shell - still looks pretty - so many lovely colours...
Went out to dinner tonight at Ceduna Foreshore - thought the food was pretty good - check the size of Dave's meal - BBQ Pork Ribs...
until Jade came home and has been vomiting her's back - poor kid - perhaps it was the pies????
Went for a walk along the jetty and watched the sunset (this was before Jade got sick)
It was freezing - is this really the middle of summer in the desert?!?!?!?
Finally have finalised our plans - we're off to Venus Bay on the Eyre Peninsula tomorrow for 3 nights and then Broken Hill and home, will be back on Australia Day.
Kms travelled today 404.8
Kms travelled total 12306.6
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