As the Nullabor finishes and you finally arrive into Ceduna, every vehicle must stop at quarantine. As when entering Western Australia, all vehicles are checked including Waeco fridges in the back of the car and the inspection officer accompanies you into your caravan and looks through your fridge and cupboards. 
I had the remnants of our fruit, apple cores and peel which I gladly handed over. I wasn’t sure about the unopened bag of coleslaw in the fridge so I declared it. I had wrongly assumed that as it was processed (washed, cut, prepared and sealed by the manufacturer) it would be ok to bring over the border. Apparently not. The border inspector did apologise as he held out his hand, but I’m sure I saw him lick his lips, truly. I wonder what he would have said if I had asked him if he wanted the mayonnaise to go with it! 
Ceduna is a town of about 4000 people at the top of the Eyre Penninsula. We plan on exploring the Penninsula so it’s a good place to start. 
We pulled into a caravan park, set up, had lunch and then headed to the tourist information centre. We always start our tour of local areas at the Tourist Information centres. (See our Tourist Information Page on the wealth of information that you can get from these pots of gold in every region). We got a good supply of brochures to give us information on the Eyre Penninsula. 
We took a walk around the town, down into the jetty and looked at what the fishermen were catching. One had caught a crab which was bright purple with iridescent blue claws. It was much too pretty to eat I thought! The wind was blowing hard and it was overcast. The absence of sun made me cold (a sensation I haven’t felt for a while) so we didn’t hang around for long. 
We completed some shopping at the local “Foodworks” finding South Australian food prices just as dear as Western Australia. We are partially looking forward to crossing back through Victoria and then to Queensland for cheaper food prices and the presence of Aldi again which really makes a difference to the weekly grocery bill. Many items are a dollar or two dearer than in Victoria. Even local produce. Also have to mention Aldi’s Special Buys in the middle section of the stores which always thrill us as there are often items specially geared towards camping and travelling.
Anyway, we grabbed enough for a couple of days, escaped without one of us throwing some chocolate in the trolley, and went back to the van. 
We will head to Port Lincoln tomorrow and spend a few days there exploring the area, fishing and visiting the National Parks. It will be much cooler weather which is a little worrying for me but we haven’t used the heater in the van in 5 months so it might be time to test it out!