Great Southern Ocean and limestone reef, Nullarbor Plain
We left in good time yesterday (April 5) morning, knowing that we had a long drive ahead of us. Fuel got progressively more expensive as we got farther east, until at the Border Village it cost $1.991 per litre. Unfortunately we hadn’t bought fuel just 15 kilometres farther west at Eucla, where we saw a sign on the road advertising it at $1.82. Other than the price of fuel, it was a good day to drive, as there wasn’t too much wind and the temperature was nice.
We are camped on the top of the Nullarbor limestone plain 100 metres above, and almost a kilometre inland from the Great Southern Ocean. We thought we would walk down to the ocean and so followed a four wheel drive track that went in that general direction. However the trail didn’t get right down to the water; instead it turned off and skirted around a large gully. We walked close to the water, but didn’t bother climbing down the last 10 metres of elevation, which was quite steep. There is a large limestone reef here that the waves break on about 100 metres out from the shore. At higher tides the waves would be right at the base of the cliffs.
This morning we left early and drove to Ceduna. Fuel got more expensive all along the way to the Nullarbor Roadhouse where it was $2.049 per litre. It was also the highest price here on the way in a month ago, but then it was 10 cents per litre less. Here in Ceduna tonight fuel is available for $1.56 so that is a huge difference in just under 300 km.