Hooray for WA Day 3 May 23rd 2016 Minnipa to just past Nullarbor.

I woke up to the sound of dripping - condensation from the cold night dripping off of the shed and car. Since I had some light now, I walked up the hill, to inspect the impressive boulders on the top, the attractive rock pools and the catchment dam and channeling walls on the hill. You would have seen some of these pictures in the last post.

The fridge has not been working, so Trev hooked it up to run off of the ignition power instead of the spare battery. At least it is running when we are driving, so will stay cool. Otherwise we were looking at a bit longer in Ceduna and trying to find an auto electrician.

On the way out of Tchurkulda campsite we had a bit of a look at the dam once used as a reservoir for the town water supply. There is an impressive spillway, and you can drive around the edge of the dam.

We had lunch on the foreshore at Ceduna, with memories of my first year after school when I worked here for the local Dr. I told Trev some of that part of my life we maybe have never talked about before (and that's hard to find after all these years)

We stopped and inspected the windmill museum at Penong, where some of the locals are doing a remarkable job of putting together an example of every windmill which was used in the area. They have some real beauties and I get the impression that this "town of windmills" has well and truly secured it's place.

We drove on to the road in to the head of the bight, thinking that we would check whether any whales were showing yet, but found it closed and gated off as it was past 4 pm. Half a dozen or so vehicles were making camp on a flat patch of dirt by the old tank. No trees in sight. We figured we could find a better spot with less company

Sure enough, about 40 more km down the road we picked up the road to Cook, and then turned off onto the old Eyre Highway. A flat patch of dirt has become our camping spot, with a few scattered trees and one of the classic old covered tanks, and dams which must cross the whole area.

With a few old crates which we could collect, we had the makings of a nice fire, and , with an excellent sunset, we have settled down to a peaceful night on the Nullarbor Plain