More driving today, this time across the Nullabor Plain. It isn't as big as I had thought. It goes for about 180 km in South Australia only. I had thought it stretched across from Norseman to Ceduna. Unfortunately for our visual pleasure, the wildflowers weren't out in bloom yet. More fortunate was our visit to the head of the Australian Bight. I got very excited about a mother and calf being 80 metres from shore. It is very late in the season for whales to be giving birth. After about 15 minutes another mother and calf came into view, the calf was full of beans, whacking his/her flippers onto the water's surface, making a loud slap each time. They then swam right up to the original pair, which were now about 40 metres from the shore. One of the calves was a mid grey with black blobs all over. The photos below will look like black floating blobs to you, go and see them in the flesh, these creatures are magnificent.
After Yalata, during my stint of driving I had the challenge of passing the biggest vehicle I have ever seen on a road, as shown below. Looking at this photo, I wonder that we ever passed it.
As we pulled into the Nurdoo Roadhouse for petrol, I saw another oversized load out on the road. So yes, soon after filling up, I had the joy of passing another one!
We had a cursory look at Ceduna, as we really needed to get to Kimba so the next two days of driving are bearable.
We ate late at the pub in Wudinna, basic pub food but well cooked. We kept driving for another hour and a half to reach Kimba, avoiding a serious number of kilometres to reach Melbourne on Saturday. Ideally we want Sunday at home before everyone returns to work, school or childcare. The roadhouse closed at 8pm, so they kindly left the toilet key out for us, and allowed us to pay in the morning.
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