I suppose the first thing you notice about the trip across the Nullarbour is the road signs. They are slightly different to what you get anywhere else.
You just know you are in for an interesting drive and when you strike this, you not only keep your eyes on the road but glance skyward as well. This normally follows the first photo and is the Flying Doctors emergency Airstrip. By the way that's the main road ahead of you.
Sometimes you have to dive off the tarmac to see the interesting stuff.
To explore further you had to go underground and it didn't look big enough for me.
The Madura Lookout gave us a great view over the Hampton Tablelands, of which we were about to drive across..
Not a lot to see out there!! and not much was moving, except a couple of Cyclists. And no they weren't Japanese!!
We stopped for the night at a free camp and the Stars later on were magnificent. You have to be away from any source of light to get the best view and there wasn't a light for Miles out there.
The next day we motored on until we came to the old Telegraph station at Eucla,just before the South Australia Border.
An interesting place and you wonder what the original operators did with their spare time. Its miles away from anywhere!!
The next stop for the night and we were in South Australia after being in West Australia for what seemed like forever. We had crossed into WA at Kunnanura and we seemed to have done half Australia before we got out of it, here at Border village. The West is a huge State.
Not many neighbours at this stop. But a short walk to the Cliff edge gave you some magnificent vista's. Just don't stand too close, just look at the undercut. Another night of magnificent Stars.
The Southern Ocean has got some power with it. These are the Bunda Cliffs. I believe they are the longest stretch of Sea Cliffs in the World.
Next on to Ceduna and the Eyre Peninsula.
Cheers Dave and Helen
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