Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Sights
Ceduna Museum
MUSEUM
(
www.nationaltrust.org.au/sa
;
2 Park Tce; adult/child/family $3.50/2/7; 10am-noon Mon, Tue,
Fri & Sat, 2-4pm Wed, 10am-4pm Thu)
Little Ceduna Museum has pioneer exhibits, indigen-
ous artefacts and a display on the tragic British nuclear tests at Maralinga.
Ceduna Aboriginal Arts & Culture Centre
GALLERY
of local indigenous artists from along the coast steal the show at this casual arts centre.
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Sleeping & Eating
Ceduna Foreshore Hotel/Motel
MOTEL $$$
( 08-8625 2008;
www.cedunahotel.com.au
; 32 O'Loughlin Tce; d $150-195, f $220; )
The
renovated 54-room Foreshore is the most luxurious option in town, with water views and
a bistro zooming in on west-coast seafood (mains $16 to $32, serving 6.30am to 9am,
noon to 2pm and 6pm to 8.30pm). Views from the outdoor terrace look through Norfolk
Island pines and out across the bay.
Ceduna Oyster Bar
SEAFOOD $
( 08-8626 9086;
www.ceduna.net/site/page.cfm?u=493
;
Eyre Hwy; 12 oysters $12;
9.30am-5pm Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm Sat)
Pick up a box of freshly shucked molluscs and head
for the foreshore, or sit by the highway-side here and watch the road trains rumble past.
Hours can be sketchy - call in advance.
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Ceduna to the Western Australian Border
It's 480km from Ceduna to the WA border. Along the stretch you can get a bed and a
beer at Penong (72km from Ceduna), Nundroo (151km), the Nullarbor Roadhouse
(295km) near Head of Bight, and at Border Village on the border itself.
Wheat and sheep paddocks line the road to Nundroo, after which you're in mallee
scrub for another 100km. Around 20km later, the trees thin to low bluebush as you enter
the true Nullarbor (Latin for 'no trees'). Road trains, caravans and cyclists of question-