26th June - Headed off to the Nullarbor today. Spent the night in a roadside freecamp on the Nullarbor and woke to catch another lovely sunrise. The road isn’t so boring even if it is the longest straight road in Australia, the countryside has gone from gum trees and scrub bush to brown grass and dry lake beds. At least I'm not bored, I'm getting lots of knitting done between photo taking, though the windscreen was pretty dirty so had to delete lots. Ray will have to wash the windscreen next fuel stop!
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| Gimlet trunks |
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We're fascinated by the different gum trees here especially the
'bronze' very shiny trunked gimlet which have twisted trunks
seemingly more prominent in the younger trees |
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| Another beautiful sunrise - this time on the Nullarbor |
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| World city signpost at Border Village |
27th June - We crossed the border this morning and continued on to ‘Nullarbor’ and staying the night at the roadhouse caravan park. We didn’t do as many kilometres today because when we got to the Great Australian Bight we went in and out most of the tracks to the coastline for photos and what a fantastic coastline it is. Erosion is making it a bigger ‘bite’ all the time. With so much overhang at the edge it’s hard to know how close to get for the best photo or when that particular bit is going to end up in the beautiful blue ocean. We drove along well travelled tracks close to the coastline (and lost an hour and a half) and got the most amazing views - something we will remember for a long, long time.
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The straightness of the road enables it to be used as an emergency airstrip
for RFDS, closing the road off for how ever long needed |
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| This is not a walking track but a crack in the cliff |
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| The beginning of the crack in previous photo |
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| We knew not to walk out on that overhang!! |
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| The magnificent Great Australian Bight cliffs to the east |
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| The beautiful clear blue water of the Southern Ocean |
28th June - We’re on a mission (or at least Ray is). The generator at the Nullarbor roadhouse was extremely noisy all night so we got up early, had breakfast and packed up under the stars, catching the sunrise 45mins down the road and made our way to Port Augusta, staying at another roadside camp just outside Port Augusta. SA doesn’t have as good roadside campsites as WA, where you can get a bit off the road, so we don’t expect to get too much sleep again tonight then Ray wants to get beyond Broken Hill tomorrow so another long day ahead.
Below are views of the changing countryside from Nullarbor to Port Augusta
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| The end of the Nullarbor - Ceduna |
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Had to stop right off the road for this one!
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26th June - Headed off to the Nullarbor today. Spent the night in a roadside freecamp on the Nullarbor and woke to catch another lovely sunrise. The road isn’t so boring even if it is the longest straight road in Australia, the countryside has gone from gum trees and scrub bush to brown grass and dry lake beds. At least I'm not bored, I'm getting lots of knitting done between photo taking, though the windscreen was pretty dirty so had to delete lots. Ray will have to wash the windscreen next fuel stop! 
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