Mt. Ive Station to Head of Bight

Sorry I took so long! I hope this is OK for now. Should have more tomorrow.

Mt. Ive Station was massive! The people who lived there owned 900sq km of land! They also owned the cutest dogs you have ever seen! There were seven tiny Kelpie puppies! I loved them! I sat down on the ground and they would come up and climb all over me and untie my shoelaces!

After eventually going back to the tent, we had our first shower! Nice and clean! We then had a nice steak and potato dinner.

I was boiling that night! I thought it would be freezing so I left my tracksuit pants and long-sleeve shirt on ontop of my thermals but I think I had too much on. Oh well, the next morning wasn't too hot or too cold.

After breakfast I went and visited the puppies again!

After packing up we left Mt. Ive Station because we had a whole day of sight seeing.
 
Organ Pipes at Pillars-


these were made from volcanic action milions of years ago.

We got out of the car and walked along the hills until we found them. They were huge and I was nervous that one of them was going to fall.
 
On our way to the Organ Pipes at Kath's Castle, we thought we would get out and have a look at this strangely placed submarine.


It turns out that it was an oil can that some people made it into what looks like a submarine...It was fun to climb on though!
 
Organ Pipes at Kath's Castle-


these were made the same way as the Organ Pipes at the Pillars.

We hiked up the creek bed to the massive Organ Pipes. Dad, Jack and I climbed a fair way up them (mum was holding her expensive camera). I was very scared because it was quite a long way down. On our way back to the car, a kangaroo jumped passed right infront of dad. I quickly but quietly got closer to get a decent photo.
 
The Embankment-
was built in 1892.

When we got there, the natural thing to do is walk across it, and we did. I was so scared for some reason. I guess it was the vertigo. I was glad when I got to the other side but strangely, I walked back along it again...
 
We had lunch at Lake Gairdner. It was beautiful! It is a salt lake and although it had water in it, you could still see the sparkle. I walked out to a little rock and observed the water while dad and jack threw rocks in the water and mum took photos.
 
After a big day of sight seeing, I was happy to arrive and relax at Loche Claypan or Salt Lake.


Jack and I immediatley started exploring after we had set up. It was quite a view...especially from the toilet. I helped mum make dinner and after dinner we played poker. I won! Yay!

During poker we saw a little mouse run by. It was so small and cute!

We all then went to bed and I had a pretty bad sleep.

The next morning was freezing on my hands when we were packing up. We got in the car and were on our way to Ceduna.
 
The water at Ceduna was perfect! It was so clear! So we decided to walk out on the jetty. Half way, we met a very talkative boy who was fishing. He was telling us all about the fish he catches and what animals he sees.
Mum and I then walked to the shops to get some batteries and some bread. There were haeps of people walking around the streets, a few of them being aborigionals that were so cute!


We got back in the car and I couldn't wait to see the whales!
 
I was a bit dissapointed with the Southern Right Whales. You could see massive black shapes in the water but they weren't coming up much.


Dad and Jack went back to the car and I struggled to get mum to leave because every time we went to leave she would suddenly spin back around because a whale was surfacing.

We finally left to go to Murrawijinie caves.

This is a photo mum took of the Organ Pipes at the Pillars: