Days 27 to 29: From Prime Real Estate to the airport back blocks (Elliston to Streaky Bay to Ceduna)

Saturday morning the weather set in and we had a rainy trip from Elliston to Streaky Bay.  We were told about a roadside stall on the way which sold great woodfired bread and payment was by way of an honesty box.  We didn't buy much as we'd never eat it all before it went stale, however we did buy some delicious fruit buns.

We also called into Venus Bay, a small fishing village, and Murphy's Haystacks, a series of red granite inselberg formations mottled green/grey with lichen. When we finally arrived at Streaky Bay, the clouds parted just in time for us to set up the motorhome on a slice of prime beachfront real estate.  It was well worth delaying our arrival by a night in order to secure a beachfront site.  Book ahead if you plan to stay in Streaky Bay!

We spent Sunday wandering round the small and pretty village and catching up on domestic chores.  This morning we drove the Cape Bauer tourist drive out of Streaky Bay. "Drove" doesn't really describe the rattling, rolling ride we had over 30k of corrugated dirt road - we were defintely shaken not stirred.  The drive is doable, albeit slowly, in a Motorhome and would be easy for a standard car.  The highlights of the drive are Hally's Beach, Whistling Rocks and the Blowhole.  The wave action on the rock formations cause eerie air whooshing sounds at Whistling Rocks, but unfortunately the waves weren't large enough to get the Blowhole working. One thing which really caught our eye was the colours in the dune vegetation - reds, yellows, whites, greys and greens.

Ceduna is just over an hour from Streaky Bay so we had plenty of time to see the limited sights in Ceduna.  There is a nice foreshore area and Chris was taken with the oyster bar just west of town on the Eyre Highway.  It's oysters for entree tonight for Chris and prawns for Barbara who has an inexplicable aversion to oysters!

One tip for travellers planning to stay in Ceduna, book the Top Tourist or Big 4 Parks as they fill quickly each day.  We chanced our luck and consequently are camped in a very basic van park adjacent to the airport - a huge contrast with our site at Streaky Bay.

We start the Nullarbor crossing tomorrow and plan to stay a night at Eucla and a night at Caiguna or Balladonia before arriving in Norseman for a night where we turn around and head back east, aiming for Wudinna and the Gawler Ranges in about 3 days on the return trip.  We will have little or no mobile/internet access whilst crossing the Nullarbor, but rest assured we will post pictures and updates when we can.