After leaving the town of Elliston we headed for Streaky Bay. Along the way we stopped into a little town by the name of Venus Bay, which once again proved how rugged this coastline is. We never get tired of watching the ocean break against huge rocks, smoothing some of them to a flat platform, wave upon wave crashing onto them. How many years has it taken for the ocean to do that I wonder?
Continuing on we made another little detour into a town by the name of Smoky Bay which ended up bringing great excitement for Crowey. As you came into the town there was a tractor yard and low and behold outside, right at the front, was one of the oldest rusted out bulldozers I have ever seen, but Crowey was soon pulling up on the side of the road, jumping out of the car and telling me to bring my camera!! Crowey has now informed me that it is his mission to get a photo of him beside every bulldozer he sees across Australia (oh boy, I can hardly contain myself). But that is what you do when you travel, it's all give and take. So I guess you all will be coming along on the journey with me - Bulldozers in Oz with Crowey. (LOL).
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Heading off again our next port of call was a tourist destination called "Murphys Haystacks" so of course we had to stop there and get some photos. Murphys Haystacks are a unique outcrop of pink granite boulders and are reported to be over 1500 million years old. In a paddock are these huge boulders from one end to the next, you can actually see them from the main highway. It was an interesting photo opportunity and of course Crowey had to play the clown and give us some funny shots, as you will see by the photos below.
We finally got to Streaky Bay and pulled up in a nice little caravan park, just in time for Beer'O'Clock. Right on the Bay looking over the water, watching the sun go down. Another hard day at the office you might say.
The next day we were up fairly early headed for Ceduna. Not a lot to say about this town. It is certainly a traveller's stop on the way to or back from WA. This town alone has five caravan parks! The couple next to us have been here for a month, why you would want to stay a month in Ceduna has me baffled, but each to their own I guess. It hasn't turned out to be my favorite stay as I have not been well the last few days and Crowey ended up taking me to the emergency section at the Ceduna Hospital due to severe stomach cramps. But with a few good drugs I am now on the mend and ready tomorrow to hit the road again, heading towards the border and across the famous stretch of road called The Nullarbor.
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