The long way round ! 2010-11

Smokey bay still asleep on the first day of the year. Very sleepy fishing place. Not much traffic anywhere. Look into streaky bay Streaky Bay. Looks like a town full of Zombies. P platers driving drunk and full of drugs all over the road and foothpaths. One person got killed in a fight near here last night, such a peacful place it is!!! we are out of here as fast as possible. Elliston we stop for a coffee in the heart of town the bakery. Mt.Dutton Bay very shallow water in most of the bays here. The view into Coffin bay the road is getting busy here. Coffin bay Oyster beds! The harbour a Beautiful place, just not this time of the year. It is packed with people and hardly any room on the roads. waiting for a feed we move on to Port Lincoln. The scenery changes.

Good Bye to the beach at Esperance and off we go on the long way east very Quickly we drive through Norseman a good tailwind helped us along. Things to come The longest straight bit of road. straight, but it goes up and down a bit. and there are Rfds landing spots along the way. our first free camp on the way across away from the highway, it can hold about 100 caravans. Moana Tank very quiet and private next day the unique fauna along the road a shoetree full of fruit! oh yes it is a straight road. somewhere along here it is called Roe Plain we blink and miss Eucla and go across to South Australia. Nullarbor National park is on the land and this is along the ocean. Bunda cliffs very close to the road high cliffs slowly crumbling into the ocean the long cliff face disappears into the haze. as far as the tele lens can reach for a change a bit of straight road through the Nullarbor plain we stop at Kidnippi rest area another free camp. a silly place to put a road sign at the Nullarbor R...

 Just a few Christmas decorations A bit on the dark side for a photo Christmas Breakfast there are the Snoopy and the Teddies all having a good time  Looks like bugs for dinner and that is for 2 people only!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY !!  All the family All the followers of this blog all the new and old friends we made along the way More to follow later today!

Le Grand beach Frenchman Peak A few of these Goannas are trying to get some heat from the road Hellfire bay  and the other side all rocky looking towards Cape Le Grand  Nuytsia floribunda is a hemiparasitic plant found in Western Australia. The species is known locally as the Christmas Tree, displaying bright orange flowers during the Christmas season. Banksia  Looking to Cape Le Grand  Nice pink Bottle brushes  This pretty flower set looks like an arrangement of candles Banksia bud Tiny little flowers  More of the WA Christmas tree They start off yellow and go bright orange as the flower matures The bees are swarming around them very strong nectar smell This beatle seems to love the nectar  Hellfire Beach gets its name from St.Elmo's fire  the waves can sweep you off these dangerous rocks the whistling rock if you stand in the right place the rock works like a sound amplifier  Lucky Bay  The residents are used to pe...