Southern Cross

786k completed today. Early start, on the road at 05.30, still dark. We hit the 90mile straight just at dawn which is Australia’s longest straight piece of road. There were some very big overwidth trucks on the road and we had to pull off the road for a few of them. Between Balladonia and Norseman the gum trees were the same colour as the ground, a deep red. It looks awesome but desolate. Balladonia is just a roadhouse with bar and a caravan park. It was famous in 1979 as the crash site of parts of the Skylab.
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We only have 370k to go until perth but stopped here as not keen on hitting Perth in peak hour.Read more