Thursday
3rd December
Nullabore
Plain
So
today we really did put some kilometers on the car – we're now 730
kms closer to home.
We
hit the road at 7:00am and as we were leaving Cape Le Grand we were
accompanied by two kangaroos along the way. They were on the road so
Jim slowed down to let them pass but they proceeded to hope along at
a slow pace for another few hundred metres. They would begin to
swerve off the road then bounce along back onto the road ... Cute
but ditzy.
We
travelled to the town of Norseman then hit the Eyre Hwy to begin our
crossing of the Nullabore Plain. The trip began with Malley bush and
ended in the dry plains of low lying scrub with the occasional trees.
Petrol is getting expensive with the fuel cost for the day totaling
$240 - the most expensive was $1.66 per litre. Along the way we saw
spectacular large eagles and emus and of course the ever present
kangaroos.
After
lunch we headed, gaily forward, along the longest straightest stretch
of road in Australia – 146 kms of never ending straightness. We
also crossed our first time zone in Australia putting our clocks
ahead 45 mins.
Tonight
we pulled off the side of the road and set up camp in a flat bit of
land and were entertained with a spectacular orange full moon and
twinkling stars.
Friday
4th December
Fowlers
Bay SA
Anther
644 kms today pushing ever closer towards home. In the past two days
we have gone twice the distance of the last three weeks.
By
lunchtime we had hit the head of the Great Australian Bight. A
dramatic coastline with plunging cliffs and huge sand dunes. Popped
into the old telegraph station at Eucla just before we crossed the
border into South Australia. Yep, after 22 days on the road we have
finally left the West. We also crossed our second time change for
the country.
Tonight
we again had a bush camp. We headed for a little town called
Fowler's Bay but couldn't find the camping area so we continued on
the road and just turned off on a track and drove for a few minutes
finding ourselves a perfect spot to stop for the night. Provisions
are getting low so we had some yummy leftovers for dinner and again
were entertained by the spectacular (shooting) stars above.
