After leaving Ceduna we spent three and a half days crossing the Nullabor. The scenery was interesting though repetitive and the fuel expensive especially towing our heavy caravan. The Fuel varied in price from 1.68 in ceduna to 2:10 per litre midway across the Nullabor.
We stopped at Penang for a hole of golf known as “the windmill tee” and viewed the windmill museum here. The Nullabor Links is the worlds largest Golf Course, spread over 1,200 kilometres. No more holes of golf were played while we crossed the Nullabor but it is our plan to play all holes on our return trip across the Nullabor, next April. Hopefully the weather will be better then and the thought of golf will be a little more enticing. Rain and wind the deterring factors this time.
Lunch was at Fowlers bay, a nice spot but the road corrugations heading out of the area caused havoc with the van. John had to repair cupboards and we had chipped plates, despite the rubber mats between the plates. So a decision was made “ no more dirt roads” while towing the van.
We had an overnight stop at Nundaroo van park and that night there was a nasty storm.
The next day we stopped several times to see views over the Great Australian Bight and the Bunda cliffs. We spent that night at Madura caravan park and unfortunately being in the middle of nowhere they had a large and very noisy generator running all night, powering the adjacent motel and service station. Next morning we filled the car with fuel, which was an expensive $1.95 per litre.
Day 3 was over the Madura pass
Above: Debbie giving John the arse (naughty girl), “stop taking my photo”
We had a stop at the Caligula blow hole, an opening into a large cave that blows air in & out from beneath the surface. There are many such caves in the Nullabor. Next we drove along a 145 kilometre long straight stretch of highway, without a single bend, it is the longest straight stretch of road in Australia.
Next stop was at the Balladonia museum which had photos and a story about the Skylab crash in 1979.
We stopped overnight at the southern hills road stop which had great scenery over a billabong and eucalyptus trees. We chatted to a English couple who had brought their RV from England and had done some amazing travels all over the world in their van.
Finally, the end of the Nullabor was at Norseman, we spent time going to the Beacon hill lookout, seeing the gold mines both old and current
Photo of the tin camels in a roundabout in town
We visited the Norseman museum which is full of old knick knacks. I loved seeing the fox fur on a mannequin and remembered my grandmother having one very similar with the paws and nails in tact.
Next blog is Esperance.
