Day 111: Cocklebiddy to Border Village

 There were a further few very late arrivals last night bringing the number of vans here to around 8. They arrive late and leave early may be a strategy to dodge paying !


There is a large aviary near the roadhouse, and I discovered this morning that it houses a large wedge tailed eagle.


The rain had lessened over night and the quagmire isn't quite as extensive this morning, but the wind has turned East and is gusting over 20 knots, not ideal for the next leg of our travels.

We were among the last to leave the park at 8.30am, having taken advantage of the showers being included in the rate. The pathway out to the highway was another 4WD experience with one very deep pool across the driveway and random water filled holes everywhere like a minefield.

Venturing  off into a headwind is really going to knock the fuel consumption around and the constant buffeting by the wind keeps your mind on the game. About an hour out we passed through Madura Pass and did not bother to stop at the road house there, opting to go further and have a later morning coffee at Mundrabilla Roadhouse.

The drive is pretty monotonous and whilst the wind is constant, the rain is now intermittent and seems to be clearing. The scenery is pretty much the same with the Hampton Tableland on our left and the Roe Plains on our right.

We were at Mundrabilla by 11 am, I topped up the diesel at $2.98 / litre much cheaper than the price at our destination which is $3.24/ litre. I was right about the fuel consumption which since Cocklebiddy was 26 litres/100 km, compared with our normal average of around 18 litres/100km.

I was surprised when I got out of the car at Mundrabilla just how strong the wind was, well over 20 knots and it remained that way all of the way to Border Village.

Once at Border village we organised a caravan site and are the only ones here. 


Border Village Roadhouse


The Local Mascot "Rooey"


Our nice "dry" site

As we are earlier than most, we could select any site we wanted. Not many were appealing, like the ones below.


Powered sites with water view

No doubt there will be a few more later in the day, and there were the usual late arrivals. These roadhouses have lots of cabins and they generally book out. The caravan spots are a bit of added revenue.

Tomorrow we are hoping this has mostly passed as we will be driving close to the Bight and past the famous Bunda Cliffs Lookouts.



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