Across the Nullarbor

We enjoyed a very happy evening at Marg & Brian’s new house and how lovely to see them finally settled in after a very long wait. It was also great to catch up with Mark Lindsay & Ollie. Thank you Harris’s for spoiling us. For ANAC day we attended a very nice service at a little place called Tarlee and were happy that the crowd was the best they have had for many years. These services are always a little emotional as we remember our Dads.

We were very impressed with our stay at Gulnare as we had lots of space, showers, toilets and the added bonus of buying a homemade pasty and soup for our lunch from the chap who runs the attached gallery. These small communities are wonderful, banding together to provide such  facilities for us travellers.

From Gulnare we headed west past Port Augusta along the Eyre Highway and ended up at the Showground campsite at Wudinna where we were very comfortable again with facilities, our campfire and space. The sports ground there was excellent and on a Friday night before their first game, volunteers were busy getting everything ready which reminded us of our home team at Murrabit. We had a long trip the next day to Penong (the windmill town) where we were fortunate to get a site in the campground as they are particularly busy with travellers going east and west. Tops and I hit the laundry and came away with clean sheets and towels ready for the trip across the Nullarbor. 

The Great Australian Bight is truly magnificent with amazing cliff views. We called for a couple of viewing spots but were disappointed that many access tracks are now closed.

The Nullarbor trip is certainly a long way with lots of expensive fuel stops but everything is looking lush and green and we wonder why it’s called a treeless plain when we see lots of trees and shrubbery. The more barren scenery is on the SA side. The wildflowers are just starting to emerge and are so beautiful. The road is in super condition with no pot holes or waves -  what a happy change from our roads!! We found free campsites along the way and even enjoyed a gravel pit! At least there was no dirt there! 

The time zones were quite confusing and for a day we had no idea of the real time as all of our devices and watches showed a different time - SA, WA, central WA and some kept showing Vic. However, now we are right as we’re on WA time which is 2 hours behind Eastern Standard time. 
Wildlife seems to be non existent as we only saw one eagle - no kangaroos, emus, cattle or sheep. We assume the good conditions have provided feed for animals away from the road as we didn’t even see road kill.

So now we’re over the Nullarbor, not that far from Norseman, we’ll head to Kalgoorlie then towards Southern Cross where we’ll head a bit north towards the coast and avoid Perth. Our weather has been cloudy and mild with cool nights suitable for our campfire. We trust all our readers are well and who knows where the next blog will find us. ❌❌❌