1st October: Ceduna

Not much to write about tonight. We took “Rest Day” seriously and did very little. Not even washing! We did walk down to the town and the beach but there was such a bitterly cold wind, we didn't dally. The wind is from the south – Antartica in fact! - and is a strong, piercing, bitter wind that chills to the bone. It is freezing tonight and I am glad of my $6.50 sweatshirt I bought in Freemantle!

We drove around the coast south of here and found little limestone bays with azure blue water which, because of the wind , was very rough. Little fat skinks waddled across the road at regular intervals and we had to swerve to miss them. We have never seen so many! This place is famous for its oysters but we saw no evidence of them except advertisements at the hotels. There is a Oyster Festival next weekend that the locals are very excited about! Apparently,it is a sin not to like oysters here!!

We looked at the port. They load salt, gypsum and wheat here as well as minerals sands. Not in huge tonnages but the storage for wheat is quite extensive!

We move on tomorrow to Port Augusta. It's Glen's birthday!