Nullarbor

Thank god for audiobooks. They take hours off the long drives we've been doing. So far we've listened to Waiting for Godot, Cloudstreet, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Her Fearful Symmetry and The Turning, with more to come.

We left Streaky Bay on Saturday morning and drove for 9 hours, making it to Cocklebiddy just before nightfall. We knew we were in for a long drive when we put Perth in as our destination and just after Ceduna the instruction was "in 1205km, turn right".

GPS Instructions

The Nullarbor is the largest piece of limestone in the world and the way it rises out of the southern ocean is pretty amazing.

Nullarbor Cliffs - this part was actually closed due to cliff instability.
Lawrie didn't make the smartest choice standing here

Looking west along the cliffs

We refuelled at Border Village just before we crossed into WA and got a nasty shock at the price of fuel although we shouldn't have been surprised. The quarantine inspection getting into WA was pretty thorough but the lady was super cranky. We were planning on stopping at Eucla but we decided to keep going until just before dusk and the kangaroos. We put up our tent at Cocklebiddy and the wind was intense. It comes straight of the ocean and because the plain is so flat and there are no trees, it howls for miles.

Fuel at Border Village

Kitty at the border

Lawrie at the border

View of the plain from Madura Pass

The next morning we set out early and tackled the 90 mile straight - the longest straight road in Australia. We kept going and pulled into Norseman around 11am and checked in at Kalgoorlie around 1pm. We'd made it! We'd done 3100km since New Years and spent $800 on fuel.

Start of the 90 mile straight

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