Davidson Whaling Station — Attraction in Edrom

A really worthwhile visit to see first hand the whaling equipment used by the Davidson Family. Well written signs help explain what you are viewing. The Davidson Family were one of the families who partnered with "Old Tom" to hunt for whales. Good complement to the Eden Whale Museum. There are two parts to this historical site. The family Home and the whaling equipment. The path from the public toilet was not as easy to spot from the carpark but if you are walk to the end of the over flow carpark you can see the start of the path. When we first arrived at the end of the road in a rough looking carpark we couldn't see what we had come to see. If not for photos that others had already posted we would have thought we had come to the wrong place. But after a brief look around at the edges of the car park we spotted a path just past the toilet. Follow the path (boardwalk) to the family home and then walk further down toward the beach for the whaling artifacts where the station is. Previous photo posts don't distinguish between the two sections of the "exhibits"so if it's your first time here and no one else is around when you visit, it can be a little confusing. It was...

What a life these people had!! Log house outdoor dunny, no power, no internet or phones, everything done by the sweat of your brow and your hands!! We are so blessed!! This is a beautiful tribute to the times gone by...you know we are not unlike them, destroying hundreds of beautiful whales to make money - I'm glad they got the message and stopped whaling - so we need to do the same with the rest of the environment but not throw the baby out with the bathwater we still need to live!!! The dirt road is quite accessible by 2 wheel drive vehicle not too rough after the bushfires turn at all the trees which were holding the soil in place.. some bits washed away and a bit of mud but it's easily accessible. The car park is a little rough because a lot of it has been washed away but the place is well worth the journey. I wish we had got there earlier on in the day so that we could have more time down there and maybe visit the beach to reminisce about day's gone by. The house is still beautifully maintained I wish I had more time to look around but...

This is a beautiful location. If you read the book 'Killers of Eden' you will be particularly drawn to and appreciate the location.

You feel the tranquillity. You feel the history. You admire the unusual scene, namely Whale Spit Beach, behind which the Kiah River flows and curves before the beach comes to an end and the river flows into Twofold Bay. On days when the sea is not angry and waves lap only gently, the loudest noise you will hear is the proliferation of bellbirds. During its whaling days there must at times have been a proliferation of haste and noise, but now it's just the bellbirds and the sea. The long disused and slowly rusting try works pots just above the water's edge further remind you of what once was.

I rate it five, with two qualifications. One, it's a relatively long drive to there from Eden and some of the road is unsealed. There's lots of wildlife roadside, so be particularly careful if driving there at dawn, dusk, or night. Two, it's a steep walk from the car park to the...