Ceduna 2009

November 13th, Moved on to Nundroo Roadhouse and stopped for a coffee break. Its still very hot travelling, so drove all the way doing 80 to 85 kph, to try to keep the engine cooler. I don’t think it made a lot of difference but we didn’t overheat to-day. We carried on to Ceduna and booked into the Big4 Ceduna Caravan Park. Went to the local Chemist to arrange for Val’s script to be faxed through from Salamander Bay, she is now down to her last 2 tablets.

November 14th, called into the Chemists to find script had not arrived, so rang Salamander Surgery to find it was closed!! The Chemist sold us 7 tablets to get Val out of trouble and now we will stay till Tuesday, to follow up and sort out the hold-up. Went to the Visitors Centre then took a drive along the foreshore of Murat Bay. Very pretty spot with great views over the water. At Pinky Point there was a very colourful lighthouse marker and we called into Baldy’s Sea Food and Val bought herself some fresh fish. Back in Town, we went to the local Pub on the waterfront and had a very nice lunch while watching the kids jumping into the water at the end of the long Jetty. Val had her long awaited flutter on the pokies, without any luck. We picked up our supplies from Foodland and drove out to take a photo of the “Big Oyster”. We couldn’t believe that we had not seen it as we drove into Town but it was obvious when we found it, as it was a “Small Oyster” and at ground level. Not like the other “Big Icons”, eg, Prawn, Merino, Pineapple etc.

November 15th, Quiet day to-day, just trying to keep cool. Temp outside is 46 deg. at 12 noon.

November 16th, I went to the Ceduna Museum to-day. It is housed on the Old School Grounds and the main Schoolhouse was opened in 1914 and closed in 1927. The Trust has added other buildings from the surrounding area since taking over and with support and local donations, has on display an extensive range of artefacts and historical equipment. Took a few photos around Town, one I liked was their long Jetty. Its pack up time again, to-morrow we move on to Streaky Bay.