Posted on 12 October 2025
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Mum Today we packed up camp and headed the 70km down the coast to the Islands
Caravan Park in Streaky Bay. We all agreed that the caravan park had the
fanciest toilet and shower setup of any caravan park we have been too.
While setting up camp Theo discovered that Waffle (the crochet whale) had lost
an eye. Until we could find a replacement eye Olivia offered to make him an eye
patch. He looks pretty good now.
In the afternoon we headed out on the Cape Bauer Loop scenic drive. Most of the
drive was on dirt roads, and with the late afternoon heat we saw lots and lots
of shingle back lizards basking on and beside the road.
The main stop was at Whistling Rocks and the Blowholes. The tide was a little
low for the rocks to be doing a lot of whistling, but we did hear it a few
times. We spent a while watching the waves roll in below the lookout and shoot
up through the small holes in the rock shelf. The next bay over from the
Whistling Rocks had the Blowholes, but the tide was too low for action, so we
had to settle for enjoying the view of the cliffs in the late afternoon sun.
We stopped in at the Streaky Bay township on the way home to walk out along the
old pier and check out the cage swimming area before grabbing dinner.
Posted on 11 October 2025
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Mum Crossing the WA/SA border yesterday meant that we had a two and a half hour time
change, so most of use had a big sleep in. So while it was 9:00am local time,
our bodies still thought it was 6:30am! While the other slept in I got up and
watched the sunrise.
Once we had packed up and made our way back onto the highway our first stop for
the day was at "Scenic Lookout 1" along the Bunda Cliffs. Here the cliffs jutted
out from the coast so we could see down to the ocean more clearly than from our
campsite. Our next stop was at the Nullarbor Roadhouse for petrol and to have a
look around. This roadhouse had the most murals, old buildings, and large
fiberglass animals than all the others combined. We even had a dingo walk in
front of the truck while we were waiting in line for petrol.
After refueling we continued onto the Head of Bight, which has several viewing
platforms to watch the southern right whales in the waters below. We were
passing through at the very end of the season and were not really expected to
see any whales. The walk provided some great views of the eastern end of the
Bunda Cliffs and the sand dunes to the east. While walking along the kids
noticed something in the water. Once the sun came out from behind the clouds we
could see that it was a whale. We then spent the next hour or so watching a
cow and calf slowly make their way along the coastline - diving down and coming
back up to the surface. We are having some really good luck with spotting mum
and baby animals this trip! The other highlight from the Head of Bight was all
the lizards that we saw along the paths. As we stayed at the Head of Bight
longer then originally planned we stayed for lunch too before continuing east.
The rest of the day was spent getting as close Streaky Bay as we could. We
passed through Penong for a play in the playground (and to see the largest
windmill in Australia), and Ceduna for petrol, before making it to a rest area
outside Smoky Bay for the night.
