Ceduna Stopover

Wed 21^st  May

Today was a rest day. Everybody had things to fix (nothing major) and larders to stock. We found the fish factory that we had previously been to about 15+ years ago and bought fresh fish. We got flake (never nicer than when it is fresh, rolled in seasoned flour, cooked on the barbecue and drizzled with lemon and/or vinegar).  I kilpatricked a dozen oysters (they were huge and juicy) and Mick had some mussels. We shared the flake and oysters and have enough flake and mussels for another meal. Tomorrow we will cook a corned beef in the dream pot and that will give us dinner and a few days of cold meat. There are plenty of shops in Ceduna and a large Foodland (quite expensive) for supermarket stuff. They say Ceduna is from the Aboriginal Cheedoona  (I don’t know how they know that given that Aborigines don’t have a written language) meaning a place to sit down and rest. It is right on the beach and has a fishing industry as well as being a service centre for grain and mining industries. Aquaculture is also significant and the town has a huge oyster festival every year in October. Down by the wharf is are huge piles of salt. In Ceduna is the start of the world’s longest golf course with the first two holes and the other holes in different stopping places along the Nullabor until you reach Norseman where it ends. You get a card that is stamped at each hole completed and there is a certificate at the end. We stayed in the Shelly Beach Caravan Park. It is very well set up with all public areas well insect proofed. The camp kitchen is excellent with two roundish rooms, one with the barbecues and sink and the other with a stove, microwave wood heater (sure didn’t need that)   a central table and bench seats and tables around the edge – perfect for a group dining together.