11 October 2024
133 days — or nearly 4.5 months — ago, on 31 May, Nicole and I entered Western Australia. Back then, Queensland was still State of Origin Champions, the Broncos were travelling well, and the Lions were travelling terribly. What a difference 133 days can make.
We left the lovely Beach House in Myalup owned by Bruce and Michael (thanks very much guys!) on 8 October, where we spent a very nice, relaxing week. This marks the point where we’ve now turned to start heading back home.
From there, we drove to Hyden to spend three nights at Wave Rock Resort & Caravan Park, although two nights would have been enough (although we did get our washing done). It was around 37 degrees when we arrived but cooled off to 6 degrees one morning. But OMG, the FLIES!! We’d forgotten how bad flies could be …
Wave Rock was nice, although a lot shorter than I thought it would be.
Plus, I discovered how Wave Rock became famous …
Fifty years ago in 1964, amateur photographer Jay Hodges visited Hyden in West Australia, staying on the farm of a friend Colin Nicholl. He captured an image of Wave Rock that won world acclaim and recognition in a photographic competition at New York’s Photographic Exhibition. After taking off the title it put Hyden on the world map appearing on the front cover of Walkabout magazine, and then later on National Geographic. (Wave Rock Gains Attention Once Again in New York)
From there, today we drove the roughly 400km to Esperance where we are now. We spent some time in Esperance just over a month ago, but this time is as a staging point to take on fuel and supplies and ready ourselves to cross the Nullarbor. While a lot of people start at Norseman, after seeing it on our way to Kalgoorlie we thought it would be a better spot to get decent groceries here — plus McDonald’s for breakfast and coffee in the morning as we head off nice and early!
The drive to Ceduna, the recognised Eastern end of the Nullarbor, from Esperance is around 1,400km. While we could try do it in 2 days, we’re going to stretch it out to around 4 days. We’ll see how we go.
Wish us luck, and we’ll see you on the other side!
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