We’ve arrived in the town of the Big Oyster

We just spent a fantastic afternoon and night at Fowlers Bay Caravan Park thanks to the hospitality of Lexie and Geoff.  This place is a hidden gem and is unspoilt with a population of 18.  As we came into town the white sand dunes stood out that come to the edge of the township, and two whales swam in the bay just off the beach.

After a good night’s sleep I returned to the sealed road at Nundaroo and commenced cycling towards Ceduna.  The land has dramatically changed from treeless plains and gum tree ranges to green pastoral land.  The 160km stretch from Nundaroo to Ceduna was just a sea of green crops and farming land.  It seemed so surreal.

The roads have slightly flattened out with only small undulations.  The closer we got to Ceduna, the more traffic appeared on the road.  It appears that after being on Random Acts of Kindness, a lot more motorists are aware of what we are doing.  Today there were so many car honking their horns indicating a form of encouragement.

I cycled into Ceduna at midday and was welcomed into the town of the “Big Oyster” by the quarantine officer.  Every vehicle heading east into Ceduna must stop at the quarantine station and have their vehicles inspected for fruit and vegetables.  Luckily, the masterchefs were aware of this and had used all our remaining vege’s to make a sensational soup.  We are now heading into Ceduna to do some shopping at IGA after being out of any major town for 8 days.  Fresh food – YUMMY.

Cheers Craig

Fowlers Bay

 

Sunset Fowlers Bay

 

Green pastures

60km done

 

A rare, but well deserved moment of relaxation

Heading east with the masterchefs!

Well, the heavens opened up around 2am this morning and it has been wet and raining all day. I set off at about 7am from Norseman and the first two hours were particularly awful with teeming rain and wind. On the upside the wet weather meant that there weren’t many caravans and other vehicles out on the road so the traffic was light and the conditions were good for cycling.

For the first time in the journey to date , I started travelling east after reaching the most south western point yesterday at Norseman. It was a really hilly ride today though which made it difficult to get into a rhythm, the heart rate would go up on the uphill and slow right down on the way down only to go straight back up again. Not much wildlife around either, we only saw one dingo for the whole 190km.

The scenery continues to be fantastic, I was riding through another national park today so there were lots of gum trees and the occasional lake that had filled up with all the rain but would normally be dry.

Not sure why but I was feeling a bit sick for the last 40km but we arrived in Balladonia around 1.30pm and I’m feeling much better now that I have had something to eat.

With all this miserable weather it’s lucky that I have my gourmet meals to look forward to which are being whipped up by the Masterchefs! Last night KT cooked up a delicious Syrian Chicken Curry which received a perfect 10/10 from me! Tonight Petah is preparing an Asian cabbage salad with toasted almonds and crunchy noodles served with teriyaki chicken, followed by fresh fruit cake and custard for dessert… YUM!

It will be another 190km day to reach to Cocklebiddy tomorrow so looking forward to a good rest tonight. Unfortunately we have no reception at Balladonia so there are no new photos and videos, hopefully we will get reception in Cocklebiddy tomorrow.

Craig