Coffin Bay to Ceduna

Day 19
Friday 20 February 2009

Coffin Bay is a lovely quiet spot with ample watersports and fishing going on. We wandered around the foreshore and bought heaps of oyster for an evening treat and watched the birds and pelicans playing.

The caravan park at Coffin Bay is pretty basic and nearly deserted. The days are hot with little shade and we didn't have a particularly good night. There were dozens of large kangaroos in the caravan park each night and they chewed noisily within metres of the camper and they banged their tails hard and loudly on the ground so you really knew they were there.

We left Coffin Bay at first light and saw a kangaroo crossing the road. It made us realise that its too dangerous leaving too early before full light or trying to driving at night. Many people we meet seem to have a story about kangaroos jumping in-front, into and over cars - causing damage. Kim is very exposed on the motorbike so even though many of the stories sound a bit like urban legends we are taking it carefully.

We travelled approximately 400 klms and stopped at a few sights along the way. One stop was Murphy's Haystacks so named because a leading agriculturalist passing in a carriage during the 19th century and was convinced the land owner (Murphy) had stockpiled huge hills of hay. The haystacks are actually awesome rocks.


We are going to stay at a caravan park behind the dunes a few kilometres out of Ceduna - we have been told there are security problems with staying on the roadside or too close to town.