Day 71 - 73: Wedgies, stumpys and whales

Here we are once again at the beautiful Streaky Bay. Yes, and once again my husband will try his hand at catching fish and or squid.
We travelled the past 3 days casually across the Nullabor (Eyre Highway), spending  2 nights on the road with free camping. Met a lady at one place who was complaining  they couldn't have fires at night. When I asked where she had stayed her reply was Eucla, and another caravan park. I suggested she try some free camping if she wanted to have fire: I guess only time will tell if she took my advice.
As the title suggests we saw a great deal of wildlife while crossing the Nullabor with Wedge Tailed Eagles being the main draw card on the first day. They seemed to be around every corner: either sitting on the road at 'road-kill', or close by in the trees. Doug and Rob  pulled over a few times trying to photograph the majestic birds, but most of the time they were a bit camera shy. Unfortunately there were also quite a lot of birds killed on the road from traffic coming and going. They are a large bird and when full of food take quite a time to take flight and some even take flight into the truck/ car they are trying to avoid.
The next day we travelled was full of Stumpy-tailed lizards, taking life in the hands (or should that  be feet?) crisscrossing the road. Some made it, some had near misses and some didn't. Such is life of a Stumpy tail!
Yesterday we had time (and the weather was good) to be able to stop at the Head of the Bight to see some awesome Southern Right whales and their calves. We counted 10 with the naked eye, but with binoculars even more could be spotted. Talk about up close and personal! Absolutely brilliant as we spent over an hour there taking in the scenery and also having a bit of lunch. Life is good!
Today we had our sad farewell to Doug who wanted to catch up with relatives in Adelaide and Horsham. We had our morning tea togetherness and bid him safe travels. How are we going to know what time to put the tea on now I wonder?
Well as I said we've been on the road for a few days so a nice hot shower and some washing wouldn't go a stray. Until next we meet ........

Mother and baby: at the Head of the Bight.