DAY 67 - VENUS BAY SA

VENUS BAY SA

DAY 67

ELLISTON – VENUS BAY

70.82 km

Total Time: 10.00 – 14.30 (4h 30m)

Time on Bike: 4h 00m 36s

Max. Speed: 49.8 km/h

Av. Speed: 17.6 km/h


I had a feeling I would be bush camping tonight.

So this is what I’m doing.

There’s not much to do in Venus Bay – except fishing.

There’s not even a pub, which basically is unheard of.

Oh, there is a nature trail that leads from the minnow cliff tops along the bay and further around to the escarpment that faces directly onto the Great Southern Ocean.

Now this is impressive stuff.

Wild nature at its zenith - the western cliffs here are as extreme as the elements that have carved them.

Winds and oceans have pounded this coastline for eons and a day and the result is an art form.

Jagged cliffs and deep-set coves have been scraped from the greater land mass like a blunt chisel in cold butter.

A solid winter swell was working today but you wouldn’t find anyone out in it.

The waves here are inaccessible anyhow, save for a helicopter drop-in.

And there is also the small issue of big fish.

That’s big fish with big jaws and sharp teeth that are very much on their home turf in these waters.

Beyond shark watching, there is nothing much to keep me here in Venus Bay so will be riding north to Streaky Bay tomorrow.