Monday 21 November 2016

Day 71-74 The Nullarbor WA-SA


After leaving Esperance we stopped at Norseman, the so called beginning of the Nullarbor. When we put the next destination, Madura, into the car's Navigation, it said go straight ahead, no turns for the next 525km-great. The Nullarbor is 1200km from Norseman to Ceduna and the kids got a certificate at Ceduna just for making it across (tourist info centre gimmick).


Yellow lakes outside of Norseman due to Salt and Limestone


Most of the towns along the Nullarbor are just road houses where you can camp out the back on dry dirt or get a dodgy hotel room. They have a bar and restaurant. Our first stop was Caigunna- a third of the way across. The laundry (where the kids washed up) had the following sign on it.
Like how the spell Management



We stopped at Eucla for coffee. It is a place where you can see whales and the Old Telegraph Station. The hotel has undergone a great renovation with good views of the Australian Bite from the backyard.
L-R still a long way from home, no soft fall or OHS in this playground, the Old Telegraph station long buried and abandoned- they days of morse code and telegrams.


Border Village where you're frisked for vegetables. They don't really care about people going east- just west. No idea why there is a Kangaroo holding vegemite.





Stayed overnight at the Nullarbor Road House- a remote place.

 A great board walk down to the head of the Great Australian Bite at Yalata, where there is a new cafe/info centre.


Stopped at a place called Penong SA, just before Ceduna. It is renowned for its Windmill museum.



Finally arrived at the Oyster capital of Australia- Ceduna- bought yummy oysters and the owner gave us smoked shark-  an interesting taste. We made it just in time to grab a cabin with a TV to watch the historical US Election results. Kids were sitting on the lounge shaking their heads saying "I don't believe Donald trump has won". Out of the mouths of babes.


The bay at down town Ceduna- and yet another long pier. We will miss WA. A big diverse state with no road tolls and you can drive 130km p/h - not that it helped us. We will return.

Onto Adelaide.

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