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    Crossing the Nullarbor

    Oct 4–10 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 38 °C

    Crossing the Nullarbor was not as arduous as I thought it would be. We took our time and surprisingly found various points of interest along the way - some of them spectacular!! Below is where we stopped and what we saw.

    Norseman - western gateway to the Nullarbor. Turn left, go to Esperance, turn right, go to Kalgoorlie and Perth. Norseman was established in the 1890's after a man was visiting his brother, and his horse went lame. Found a gold nugget in his hoof, which started a gold rush. The horse was called Norseman.

    Balladonia - in 1979, parts of Skylab fell in the area. 2 The 90 mile straight is not far from Balladonia but couldn't get a photo because it was raining and we had a truck right behind us. A very uninteresting sign anyway.

    Cocklebiddy - funny name, funny time zone (had to move clocks forward 45 mins). It was wet, and when we checked out the Nullarbor links hole, it was so slippery we decided to give it a miss. There are a couple of wedgetail eagles in captivity there. They were hit by a truck on the Nullarbor and rescued. Their injuries mean they cannot be released back into the wild.

    Border Roadhouse - goodbye WA, hello SA. Played our first hole on the Nullarbor links. Lost my ball, found 3 others and then found my ball. This is where we see the spectacular Bunda Cliffs - and we had a great day for it too.

    Nullarbor Roadhouse - this section that is very flat and during the height of summer I imagine very dry and dusty, but at the moment it is somewhat green. We played another hole and Brad managed to lose 3 balls in the scrubby bushes. He wasn't searching for them because we had seen a snake on the way to the tee. The Head of the Bight is also nearby. The Southern Right Whale congregates here to have their babies although it is a little late in the season. We did see a few spouts.

    Penong - into farmland now. Penong has a windmill museum and is home to the largest windmill in the Southern Hemisphere (I think it had a diameter of 35 feet). Played our last Nullarbor Links hole - only did 3 of the 18. They were pretty rough fairways and the tee and green were astroturf, but it was a bit of fun.

    Final port of call was the quarantine station at Ceduna - no fruit and veges unless they had been peeled and /or cooked, or honey. Onward to Streaky Bay on the Eyre Peninsula.    Read more