Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

We have seen some pretty beautiful things on this trip, but very near the top of the list was “the end of the earth”. After leaving Uluru we headed south until we reached Port Augusta and then headed west along southern coast. The road heading west gets closer and closer to the coast the farther you go and eventually you end up driving right next to huge cliffs in the Great Australian Bight Marine Park. The world seems to vanish as the cliffs drop off at 90 degree angles into beautiful blue water. You can imagine the aboriginals finding this place and thinking they’ve reached the end of the world.

The thing I will remember most about the south coast was just how windy it was. The wind whipped through the fields and most trees seemed to grow at about a 45 degree angle. Standing at the edge of the cliffs was freezing from the wind whipping up out of the South Ocean. It seems reasonable that it’s so windy and cold seeing as the next piece of land is Antarctica. There were tumbleweeds blowing over the edge and shooting back up.

The south coast was awesome, but unfortunately, it was the last awesome thing we saw for the next two days. The road leaves the coast and drives through nothingness until you reach the west coast. I don’t think I’ve ever been so thankful to reach water.