The Jetty at Eucla Western Australia!
This is a quick vid of the jetty at Eucla, Western Australia. A couple of mates travelled there from either end of Aus and met at Eucla to have a great time of catching up after 15yrs of talking over Teamspeak while gaming most night but had never met in person due to distance.
Eucla
Checking out Eucla Western Australia and the old telegraph station ruins.
Daily Road Trip Vlog | Lots of snakes! Nullabor caves, Eucla telegraph station and jetty
Day two of the daily video challenge as we head for the Adelaide 4WD & Adventure show. Today we decide to explore some Nullabor caves, and check out old Eucla including the old Eucla telegraph station and jetty. And we see lots of snakes along the way!
EUCLA WA WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Eucla is the easternmost locality in Western Australia, located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
History
In 1841, Edward John Eyre became the first explorer to visit the area. In 1867, the president of the Marine Board of South Australia discovered a port at Eucla,[1] and in 1870, John Forrest camped at the location for nearly two weeks. In 1873, land was taken up at Moopina Station near the present townsite, and work commenced on a telegraph line from Albany to Adelaide. Land was set aside at Eucla for the establishment of a manual repeater station, and when the telegraph line opened in 1877, Eucla was one of the most important telegraph stations on the line. The station was important as a conversion point because South Australia and Victoria used American Morse code (locally known as the Victorian alphabet) while Western Australia used the international Morse code that is familiar today.[2] A jetty and tram line were also constructed for offloading supplies brought in by sea. The town was proclaimed a township and gazetted in 1885, and reached its peak in the 1920s, prior to the construction of a new telegraph line further north alongside the Trans-Australian Railway in 1929.[3]
Telegraph StationIn the 1890s a rabbit plague passed through the area and ate much of the Delisser Sandhills' dune vegetation, thus destabilising the dune system and causing large sand drifts to encroach on the townsite. The original town was abandoned, and a new townsite established about 5 km to the east and higher up on the escarpment. The ruins of the telegraph station still stand amongst the dunes, and are a local tourist attraction.
Many of the pioneer farmers and telegraph operators were buried at Eucla, but as the sand dunes encroached onto their graves, some of the headstones and plaques were removed and can now be seen at the museum at Eucla.
In 1971, world-wide media publicity came to the town after reports and photographs emerged of a half-naked blonde girl who had gone wild and lived and ran with the kangaroos, who came to be known as the Nullarbor Nymph. The story subsequently turned out to be a hoax cooked up by the residents of the tiny settlement.[4
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The camp at Eucla
Just the camp setup at Eucla, actually we are camped at Bordertown but its right next to Eucla so...close enough.
Perth to Eucla WA
Perth to Eucla WA - Caravanning around Australia with kids
Eucla Beach
Leaving the beach
EUCLA WA WESTERN AUSTRALIA PT 1 OF 2 PARTS
Eucla is the easternmost locality in Western Australia, located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. History In 1841, Edward John Eyre became the first explorer to visit the area. In 1867, the president of the Marine Board of South Australia discovered a port at Eucla,[1] and in 1870, John Forrest camped at the location for nearly two weeks. In 1873, land was taken up at Moopina Station near the present townsite, and work commenced on a telegraph line from Albany to Adelaide. Land was set aside at Eucla for the establishment of a manual repeater station, and when the telegraph line opened in 1877, Eucla was one of the most important telegraph stations on the line. The station was important as a conversion point because South Australia and Victoria used American Morse code (locally known as the Victorian alphabet) while Western Australia used the international Morse code that is familiar today.[2] A jetty and tram line were also constructed for offloading supplies brought in by sea. The town was proclaimed a township and gazetted in 1885, and reached its peak in the 1920s, prior to the construction of a new telegraph line further north alongside the Trans-Australian Railway in 1929.[3] Telegraph StationIn the 1890s a rabbit plague passed through the area and ate much of the Delisser Sandhills' dune vegetation, thus destabilising the dune system and causing large sand drifts to encroach on the townsite. The original town was abandoned, and a new townsite established about 5 km to the east and higher up on the escarpment. The ruins of the telegraph station still stand amongst the dunes, and are a local tourist attraction. Many of the pioneer farmers and telegraph operators were buried at Eucla, but as the sand dunes encroached onto their graves, some of the headstones and plaques were removed and can now be seen at the museum at Eucla. In 1971, world-wide media publicity came to the town after reports and photographs emerged of a half-naked blonde girl who had gone wild and lived and ran with the kangaroos, who came to be known as the Nullarbor Nymph. The story subsequently turned out to be a hoax cooked up by the residents of the tiny settlement.[
Day 2 - first day of the Nullabor and Eucla
And officially the most expensive duel in Australia is in Balladonia
Eucla
A bit beach driving at Eucla. It was very soft and I was traveling solo so turned back to avoid wasting time getting unstuck if I got bogged
Eucla, located at the top of the great Australian Bight
Eucla Sand Dunes - 2013 Aussie Freeriding Road Trip
After driving across the Nullabor plains from Whyalla's Monster Truck show, we had one week to get to Geraldton in Western Australia. Right on the border of South Australia and Western Australia is a small town called Eucla which has a cool set of sand dunes right next to town.
Schuie, Callum and I unpacked our bikes for a quick 2 hour ride before we continued on the road trip, and it was definitely worth the effort!
All filmed on the Drift Ghost helmet camera.
Border Village South Australia to Eucla Western Australia. 1 of 2
Leaving the camp site (Caravan Park) at Border Village SA going through the quarantine check. Your not allowed to take honey into WA. On to Eucla and a look at the old ruined Telegraph Station.
Sand Dunes at Eucla Beach!
Just having a look at the bikes after taking them through some pretty serious sand dune riding at Eucla.
There were no roads, the 3g signal was spotty at best and so map updates were few and far between. A desperate gamble paid off after circling in the dunes for over an hour and we found a road to follow and hence we got home eventually.
Eucla jetty Yamaha DT200 1995
Base Camp at Eucla
Due to the other video of the base camp being taken at night and barely visable, this is another look during the day time.
We camped at the Caravan park at Border Village.
I know, I know I said Eucla on the video title, well that's just down the road so close enough. Was a great fun place to camp.
Border Village South Australia to Eucla Western Australia 2 of 2
Walking around the old Telegraph Station at Eucla Western Australia.
Weebubbie Cave in the middle of Nowhere?
Whilst out looking for a wrongly marked 'Old Telegraph Station' on google maps we came across this massive hole in the ground that none of us had ever heard of called Weebubbie Cave.
I was unaware at the time of shooting this video that this is the largest underground cave system in WA or Australia I think and has its own websites etc.
It was a fantastic discovery especially when we were just looking for an old building in the middle of nowhere.
Free Camping, Eucla and oh so close to the Border.
This week we have our first try at free camping, move onto Eucla and take a brake just 12 kms from the border.
Eucla beach surprise
How not to play with fire