Blogs from Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 3

A trillion stars, a billion grains of sand, a million drops of rain, 3.5 thousand kilometers of road, hundreds of mosquitos, dozens of wild animals, two people, and one land cruiser--our bush camping trip from Perth to Adelaide was nothing short of amazing. As we set out to explore the southeastern part of West Australia's coast and to cross the Nullarbor Plain, we hoped to have as much of an, off-the-main-road-outback-experience as possible. Rather than relying on conventional campsites and caravan parks, our goal was to find secluded spaces that would allow us to experience and appreciate the Australian wilderness. For the most part we were able to do this. Four nights were spent bush camping in fairly isolated National or Conservation Parks, and three nights were spent in more conventional National Park campgrounds. Other than ... read more

We have crossed the Nullarbor and arrived at Norseman. It's 4.30pm - 2 hours behind Sydney - and at last we have computer service (no phone service for me, though Doug has with his 3G, thank you Telstra). It has taken us three days to cross the Nullarbor. The first day seemed endless with the very sparse terrain, lots of rain and a bit of wind - the front we'd been staying at Ceduna to avoid! Our first night was at the Nullarbor Roadhouse, on a flat, barren part of the Plain, where there was a motel behind the roadhouse and a patch of bare ground next door - the 'caravan park'. Power but no water, $1 for a shower (Doug was brave but said it wasn't the best, I stayed in the motor home and ... read more

DAY 159 We woke up early at Newman’s Rocks after a restful nights sleep, the Trumans were all scampering about and had been down to the Billabong to see if any Camels were around, all except Kahlia who was still asleep in bed. I got up and put the kettle on, and put the table outside so I could boot the laptop up and get on with the blog, we still weren’t able to get internet access so the blog was backing up. Caroline joined me outside, and we sat in the morning sun drinking our favourite brew. The Truman’s came back from their morning march, and were full of the joys of spring, well Autumn really. After a light breakfast we all just sat around talking and putting the world to rights, as the idiots ... read more

After leaving Cape Arid, we stopped for lunch at Norseman and then continued on to spend the night at a roadside camp stop just west of Caiguna. It rained again, but only lightly. The next day we continued eastwards, stopping at Eucla where we visited the Old Telegraph Station ruins, which are slowly getting covered by the sand dunes. We crossed the border and set our watches forward an hour and a half. We didn't bother stopping at any of the Bunda Cliffs lookouts along that stretch of the highway because we planned to stop at the Head of Bight viewing platform. However, when we arrived there at 5:10pm we discovered that the entry gate is locked daily at 5pm. We should have checked ahead! Apparently, according to the latest brochure, the viewing area is only ... read more