Go west young man!....Then return!! (and wash your car!)

I drove into the night last night and ended up at Cocclebiddy. A truck came in and parked next to me in the early hours just prior to dawn, that woke me up so I decided to get going. The following are a sequence of shops of the sun rise as I headed east. They span about 45 minutes from first to last.

Looking east at the western end of the Great Australian Bight! It's a big country, you drive for a day and only cover half the width of West Oz....

Heading up the hill onto the Great Australian Bight where the border between SA and WA is a line drawn in the limestone... The Nullabor plain is the largest lump of limestone land in the world, it covers over 200000 sq kilometres.

Looking back at the western end of the Bight...

South... nothing but the antarctic...

east...

A sign at a viewing point along the road with a few details about the place. Mr Eyre was heard to remark after surveying the Nullabor "this is the type of country which impinges upon your nightmares"

This is a spot near enough to the middle of the Bight, 599Km each direction.. As you can see it would be unwise to drive off the highway on one of these side tracks at night as the last little hill you go over ends with a splash!!

It's an average 70M drop along here to the ocean.

The Head of Bight park was open today and there were several whales in the bay today, these are some shots of one I spotted nearby...

This bay is called The Head of Bight, it's kind of like a bight in the bight....

Looking east....

south....

west....

I took a back road to Fowlers Bay and came upon these old buildings along the road....

I wanted to get to Cape Adieu Cheetima beach, so I followed the signs. This was as close as I could drive as the track became sand, I still had memories of last time I tried get to the beach!!!!!!