Roadhouse Camping @ Nullarbor

A mere 9 miles brought us from the Head of Bight to the Nullarbor Roadhouse, where we’d made reservations for the night.

There are several of these roadhouses along the highway. They provide all the services road trippers might need … truckers too. A place to stay — motel or caravan park; fuel; food and drink; facilities … including showers that are metered by the minute. And cell signal … but only if you have Telstra service! Wi-fi is provided as well.

The Nullarbor Roadhouse is said to be the nicest one along the way. Can’t say one way or the other since this is our first roadhouse camping … ever. But our first impressions are good. That I found lots of murals here and there around the property … well, you know that makes me a happy camper.

It was still early when we pulled in … only 3:00p. But we were good with that … time to relax a bit and get some work done. It was also getting hotter by the minute … luckily not into the three-digit temps they had here not long ago. The good news is that we’re in a desert environment and once the sun started going down, it cooled down to jacket weather.

On the recommendation of the clerk, we took the site next to the “old museum” … a shack, really. The small building provides a welcome windbreak as it is a-blowin’ today.

This is a powered site; no other hook-ups. There is a potable water spigot somewhere on the property … AUD $2 for 25 liters. Since our 80-liter tank is still ¾ full, we will top off tomorrow. No dump point here — or at any of the other roadhouses on the Nullarbor. Odd, but it is what it is. We can apparently dump at Bordertown when we cross into Western Australia tomorrow.

Time to get this footprint loaded and call it a day.Les mer