The Nullarbor in Pictures

There isn’t much to say about this long drive that we managed to knock over in two days.  Some love it and take six days to do it.  Others hate it and knock it over in two days.  Whilst we have managed to do the majority of it in only two days, I can’t say we hated it.  The landscape constantly changes and there were some amazing lookouts and quirky roadhouses that broke up the drive nicely.  We are forever thankful to our kids and car dvd player (best invention ever) as it allowed us to get through it all with us all still talking to one another.

So I have decided to keep this blog post short and let the pictures do the talking.  Crossing into Western Australia felt so good and we suddenly had a burst of energy of what this wonderful massive state has for us to see.  The free camp we stayed at was basic but it had a toilet (or free museum as the sign suggests!), shade and Telstra reception so what more could you want.  There was another family there so Hamish was off playing with their sons and Kayla played with their toys in the dirt.  We were joined by another couple and all enjoyed happy hour together. 

Our second night was spent about 75km east of Norseman in another free camp that was very much like the other one.  Not as sociable but we didn’t mind.  We enjoyed a water fight as it was a cool 39 degrees when we pulled over.  We pulled into nearly every roadhouse bar three.  This enabled us to either stretch our legs, check out their displays, fuel up or grab a bite to eat.  This drive is a big one but it certainly feels like a massive accomplishment to say we have done it.

Also the final statistics are in! We passed 137 cars, 138 trucks, 60 Caravan/motorhomes 2 buses, 1 motorbikes, 3 pushbikes heading the other way.  On the other hand we were over taken by 14 cars, 4 trucks and 3 caravan/motorhomes.  Finally we overtook 2 cars and saw 10 brand new Coromal caravans on the back of trucks on their way to the dealerships.  Believe it or not we actually had fun keeping track of all of these.