Humpbacks at Whalers Way, Southern Eyre Peninsular, Australia

Rock parrots, tawny-crowned honeyeaters, emus, western grey kangaroos, Humpback whales, southern right whales, New Zealand fur seals and stunning views over the Great Australian Bight, this really is the wildest and most incredible place

If the world was flat then this is where the edge would be, this is the eastern end of the Great Australian Bight. If you set out in a boat and headed in the direction that we are looking here, west over the sea, it would be 1300 miles before you next hit land and when you did, it would be the same country just the other side of the bay. The scale of the place is phenomenal. In truth, in a flat world it seems almost like this is the opposite edge of the world to the Outer Hebrides, which have a similar feel and a similar sense of vastness. And the wildlife here just adds to that sense of being on the opposite edge, a group of kangaroos hop away as you approach, an emu appears on the ridge ahead, rock parrots fly up from your feet and a group of whales are blowing out at sea.

Which monster lives in this cave?

The white under tail (fluke) of a humpback. 

Humpback whales. Note the tiny dorsal fin on the animal on the left which along with the distinctive fluke distinguishes it from southern right whale which we also saw and which does not have a dorsal fin. Humpbacks are actually not that common in this part of Australia and we were surprised to see them. Southern right is the commoner species here.

New Zealand Fur Seals.

Rock Parrots

Tawny-crowned honeyeater. This is an uncommon species on the heathlands of Southern Australia and has a display flight quite similar to a Eurasian skylark.

Dusky woodswallow.