Escorted Holidays with Shirley Tamm

We had a picnic lunch prepared for us from the Ceduna Foreshore Hotel which was enjoyed under the covered area at the Visitors Center where we were entertained by our driver extraordinaire, Peter. 

The Visitor Center does have some information on the whales and also much to our passengers delight - makes good coffee! It is a very good set up there catering for parking of coaches, caravans and cars, good toilet facilities and the undercover area if required. 

We did stop on the way back to Ceduna to take a pic of the sign telling us that this was the start of the Nullarbor Plains - I’m pictured here with Peter.

All of our passengers said they had a wonderful day and a truly memorable lifetime experience seeing the whales in such a unique natural area.

The day we have all been waiting for - to travel to Head of Bight, from Ceduna, to see the Southern Right Whales. This is one of the most spectacular whale watching sites in South Australia, offering fantastic views with Bunda Cliffs and pristine beaches as a backdrop.  

We were excited to read on the sign at the entrance to the Visitor Center that 141 whales had been spotted! 

We had had grey skies, cold weather and a bit of rain up until this day which greeted us with lovely blue skies, no rain, still cool but very thankful for a lovely day. A short walk down to the viewing platforms from the Visitor Centre with 2 choices of viewing platforms to choose from. If you didn’t want to walk to the viewing platforms, there are small covered areas that you can sit and watch the magnificent views and of course the whales passing by. We saw aprox 20 whales however unfortunately they didn’t get the message that “we” were coming that day and didn’t perform with any breaches or tail slapping. The whales and their calves were swimming by our platforms but further out to sea and just under the water, so they were a bit difficult to see. Never the less, we were all mesmerized by such a memorable experience and to be witnessing such a spectacle in great surroundings.