Blogs from Nullarbor Plain, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

With a few minutes to spare this morning before our scheduled departure time, Tracey decided that she should at least have a look at one of the holes on the Nullarbor Links. The ‘Skylab’ hole at Balladonia is a Par3, 175 metre hole. Tracey photographed the tee then walked along the fairway to the green to take a little bit of exercise before driving 500 kilometres today. Tracey took the first driving shift and not far from Balladonia we found ourselves back on the 90-Mile Straight. We stopped in the first parking bay because Bernie wanted to put the drone up to take some photographs that hopefully accentuate that it is a very long, very straight section of road. Fortunately, it was not windy this morning, so Bernie flew the drone over the highway and took ... read more

Well its just gone 5 months we have been on the road in the van and already have done 10,000 klms. We were going to stay overnight at Nullabor Roadhouse but because it was such a dust bowl decided to push on and camp somewhere heading north west to Cook, taking in some caves along the track and a track it was! Wow..... rough and slow....120klm drive but for the first 60 odd klm we were averaging 5klm every 15 minutes! At least it wasn't wet but lots of rocks and uneven surfaces but our car and van stood up very well! After leaving Nullabor around 2.30 we pulled up just after 5pm and camped near Noels Caves, it is just amazing that there are caves just popping out of this flat, treeless plains like they ... read more

Straight roads can be interesting........ Yalata is an Aboriginal Reserve and Lutheran Mission owned by the South Australian Government but controlled by the Lutheran Church of Australia. The Aboriginals of the Pintantjarra. We departed our overnight camp site at 0800hrs and a very cool 4 degrees Celsius, a short 5km drive to Yalata with the sun beginning to warm the earth With the large 80 meter cliffs running 200km on one side of the road and the small shrub bush plains as far as the eye can see on the other side of the road, the drive went quick. Lots of photo opportunities and amazing views of The Great at Australian Bight. 0940hrs we took in the views of the Great Australian Bight from the Centre of The Great Australian Bight. Amazing cliff escarpment with load ... read more

These past two days have been primarily travelling days. Rob has driven just under 1200 k's. So not a lot to report. We had to leave our beautiful Lucky Bay yesterday morning without getting a chance to fish because it rained pretty heavily. We will go back one day, thats for sure. Its a place that just resonates in your soul. The drive has been interesting. Though the Nullarbor is somewhat tedious its an ever changing landscape. We had a fair bit of rain yesterday but the road was dead straight though so wasn't so bad. We passed heaps of inland salt lakes and salmon gums (called that because of the colour of their trunks). Norseman is the first main town on the Eyre Highway as you head east. It was 'interesting' but not a lot ... read more

I left Adelaide and began the journey that would take me slightly north and then west across the bottom of Australia. It is a long way and I feared not for the car, but for my sanity. I had taken all of the correct precautions: I had made playlists of songs on my iPod, copied a multitude of books to my Kindle, made sure I had writing paper and pens, but I still didn't know how I would fare with several thousand kilometres of me and road. Would I meet others on the way? Would I begin to talk to myself (even more) and invent new personalities? Would I start referring to one of my possessions as Wilson? I did all of these things but the last, with mixed results, but it's fair to say looking ... read more