South Australia (Eyre Peninsula)
Ceduna
Set on the attractive shores of Murat Bay, Ceduna is the ideal point to rest and reflect on the rest of your journey.

Most travellers choose Ceduna as a stopover after crossing the Nullarbor Plain from the West or arriving from Adelaide en route to Western Australia, In fact the town's name derives from an Aboriginal word "chedoona", meaning "a resting place" which was next to a waterhole two kilometres from town.
There are plenty of modern waterholes today, with several motels and caravan parks to choose from whilst Ceduna's blue skies and fine climate perfectlIy suit watersports or lazy beach days. Murat Bay, named in 1802 by French explorer Nicholas Baudin, has barbecue facilities set on a lawned foreshore.

Ceduna's original settlement was at Denial Bay, twelve kilometres west, where provisions were unloaded from ships and brought ashore at low tide on wagons. Some local ruins remain. Locally grown Denial Bay oysters can be purchased from the Oyster Farm.

Fishing or touring trips to the local bays are very popular and four wheel drive or helicopter tours along the coast or inland can bring encounters with whales or the wildlife and landscape of the Nullarbor.

Attractions
  • NATIONAL TRUST MUSEUM This museum houses weapons and artefacts from the Aboriginal lands around Milaralinga, plus early farm implements.
  • OVERSEAS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EARTH STATION Visitors can inspect this complex where two huge satellite dishes provide vital communication links with Asia, Africa, Europe and the United Kingdom.

Practicalities
You know where you are in CEDUNA: all the shops from camping store to supermarket are unambiguously named and a large signpost in the centre gives distances to everywhere between Perth and Port Augusta. Despite being small enough to walk around in twenty minutes, there’s no lack of caravan parks, banks or service stations, with almost every brand of fuel on offer – some places even hand out discount cards for use at their pumps along the way. 

The Foreshore Van Park on South Terrace and the Community Hotel/Motel on O’Loughlin Terrace are right next to the jetty – you can fish for whiting on the turn of the high tide – and Ceduna Backpackers is also not far from the sea at 12 Kuhlmann St. Before your early morning start – it’s a long way to anywhere – call in at the information centre on Poynton Street and the NPWS on McKenzie Street for the latest on the Nullarbor’s attractions. Incidentally, it almost never rains on the plain, and there’s always a charge for water, which has to be distilled from underground reserves – so carry your own.