Nundroo
3 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Breakfast at the Nundroo road house - good bacon and eggs. The big Wombat was somewhere just out of town but we missed it.
Nullarbor roadhouse
3 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Fuel for the bike.
Great Australian Bight
3 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Amazing cliffs
Just east of the WA border
3 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Border village is just up the road . Shelving land down to the sea. Still cliffs in the distance to the west.
Border Village
3 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Challenging camping on the stones but there is power. Dinner in roadhouse restaurant.
That coastline looks rugged and amazing Neil...our home is definitely "girt by sea". The rate you guys are flying, you will be done and dusted in 4 weeks not 12! Hope you are taking the time to just sit and ponder our amazing country. How are the wrists? ox Tim & Jude
Eucla
4 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Coffee and fruit toast to start the day. Had a quick look around the old telegraph station with some feathery guides.... Now heading for Caiguna.
Madura pass
4 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Up off lowlands and up onto the plain again.
Cocklebiddy
4 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Just a splash of fuel to make sure of the run into Caiguna.
Caiguna
4 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
The camp ground is hard here. The man in the office hopes we can get the pegs in! With our trusty hammer we did get them in so we are here for the night. Finally enough 3G phone to upload all theEn savoir plus
The beginning of the straight stretch
5 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Straight ahead
Balladonia
5 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Time for morning tea at the end of the straight bit.
Norseman
5 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
The end of the Nullarbor. Wonderful blue skies today and always the road heading to the horizon. The ride from Balladonia was through the great western woodland - a conservation area about the size ofEn savoir plus
Salmon gums
6 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
We certainly don’t need the ice today but a warming coffee was good for breakfast. And yes there are some lovely specimens of salmon gums around.
Gibson Soak
6 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
A short breather here. Didn’t see the soak though.
Esperance
6 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Quick stop for a bit of lunch and a chance visit to our favourite hardware store. We met another fellow traveler John who needed so me extra kit so Bunnings was the place.
Munglinup
6 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Needed a breather as the wind was strong and gusty from Esperance to here. Really had to lean the bike over to keep in a straight line and the transports heading in the opposite direction somehowEn savoir plus
Ravernsthorpe
6 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Green Haven tourist park. Includes animal guards at the gate. 400km today so a decent run. Nickel and Lithium mining area. Saw a beware ‘mallee fowl’ sign today and thought of the many animalEn savoir plus
Leaving Ravensthorpe
7 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
The rain came with a rush before 7am. We retreated to the camp kitchen to pack up and load the bikes. A photo of Johns bike loaded up...... Also a photo of what I think is a salmon gum, Not as brightEn savoir plus
Jerramungup
7 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
We made it rain! John was pretty excited about the headline in the paper. Wind was fierce leaning right as we took left hand corners. It was Mallee fowl we needed to look out for... makes sense as weEn savoir plus
Albany
7 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Made it through the rain. The rain is falling but we are dry in the 1849 Backpackers. The original part used to be the London hotel of 1909 which replaced the original hotel on the site. Just brewed aEn savoir plus
Nornalup
8 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
Although we had crepes for breakfast (free) at the backpackers we stopped here for Coffee and toast and wonderful marmalade for elevenses at the Nornabar.
Shannon National Psrk
8 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Quick stop to put the wets on.... it’s a punt that the rain will come. Paddocks of pink flowers...... and did it rain? It sure did!!
Bunbury
8 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Got through the rain to Bunbury but everyone pretty wet. Now drying out at the Dolphin Retreat YHA. This morning was just lovely riding blue skies and green fields, full rivers and dams. The rain inEn savoir plus
Leaving Bunbury
9 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Glad we were inside last night the wind and rain was almost continuous. But after a warming breakfast of toast beans eggs and bacon we have dressed in the wets and are heading to Perth.
Mandurah
9 juin 2019, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Stop for coffee on the foreshore. Overall not much rain on the way up. (Third image by ‘remote image solutions’)