After spending three days in Ceduna and visiting the bays around it we began the trek across the Nullarbor taking in the sites along the Great Australian Bight.

We had been advised not to stay in Ceduna due to its high crime rate but had no issues. Visited both Smoky Bay and Denial Bay where we bought more oysters. This was of course just for comparison so we could report on the best oysters on the Eyre Peninsula. Peter thinks the ones from Cowell were the best, but for my money the ones from Denial Bay were exceptional. The “rough” ones – oysters with a few barnacles were just $5 a dozen and just as good as the restaurant ones that were $10. What’s not to love about that

Our first night on the Nullarbor we stayed at Peg site 81. There are heaps of free camps along the road and most of the small towns have a Caravan Park if you need power.

Yes – fuel was expensive, the most we paid for diesel was $2.78/L, but that was at the WA boarder and to be fair once we got closer to civilisation the prices retuned to normal.

After crossing the WA boarder (we were prepared this time) we hit the Nullarbor and the longest straight stretch of road in Australia. 146.6km without a single bend, curve or even a hint of a deviation.

The Great Australian Bight was impressive and the drive was not at all like we expected. Long, yes, but lots more to see and do than I thought.

We are currently staying in Kalgoorlie for a few days before moving on to see Wave Rock and then heading to Perth.

Can I just say that I am both surprised and disgusted at the amount of rubbish at some of the free camps and road side stops along this section of the trip. Even some of the pull in areas beside srevos were lifted with used toilet paper .

I have heard that some people call it the Nullarbin rather than the Nullarbor. Really Australia we can do better than this surely. How hard can it be to take your rubbish with you and dispose of it properly.