Beach Sand and Fish- Esperence.

Noodle learning to walk

Another empty beach.

Proud Mr. C Poses his baby flounder for a snap then releases it back into the sea.

Every picture tells a story

Norsemen WA

Norsemen is a gold town of the past.  It is located at the end of a long, remote crossing into WA. Truckies and travellers breath easy upon arrival into Norsemen because of the towns traveller friendly services (water, food, and fuel). It also marks the end of the remoteness of the Nullarbor crossing.The main street is paved sporting a statue of the local hero...a horse called Norsemen. So the story goes like this.  A man (whose name I forgot) rode his horse named Norseman into town. The horse was halted and anxiously pawed the ground with it's front hoof. With his pawing, the hoof revealed a large gold nugget. After that, everyone became gold rich:)
It was obvious to us that the gold ran out some time ago and the rich people all moved on :(.  Today all that is left is some petrol stations, pub, bottle shop, caravan park, and a lot of flies.  The highlight was the 30 min drive into the Outback where we sifted through a pile of rocks and earth looking for gold, quarts, agate, and fools gold. Gold fever struck but we came back empty (but with lots of fly bites).

Norseman-the equine hero

Camels are the heros of late.

Quiet streets of Norseman.

Road Train Madness

More road trains on the Nullarbor then cars or kangaroos.  These humongous trucks send bits of rock and gravel up as they whoosh pass.  The  cloud of red dust that they create often shrouds the drivers view for a few breath taking moments. Then there is also a draft when passing that tends to send most vehicles a bit swervey.
 The narrow roads of the Nullarbor doesn't allow much room for error as far as swerve allowance so common courtesy is for both passing vehicles ride the right white line as they pass. It became sport to find the biggest.  Sixty two tires was the winner (not pictured here).

Too long For a Snap

No Where Else

Like an oasis in the desert the Sheringa beach road house appeared. It was so fun and crazy that we had to pause and enjoy a ice cold drink along side a couple of backpackers. The street corner sign said it all.

Favorite Roadhouse

Favorite Roadhouse

Border Crossing

At the end of the seemingly endless Nullarbor is the South Australia /Western Australia border crossing. Displaying a pretty ordinary sign for such a grand crossing, the border town was just another road house in the midst of nowhere.  Well to give it a fair go, there were  a few memorable added extras... a cheesy, gigantic roo, and signage to every major city in the world. 

Roo at modern watering hole just outside of crossing.

Skies of Gold

Sundown on the Nullarbor.

Enroute to WA

The Great Australian Bight. No whales spawning when we were there but the waters were beautiful.

The Treeless Plain-The Nullarbor

The Nullarbor Plain is part of the area of flat, almost treeless land of southern Australia. It is the world's largest single piece of limestone and occupies an area of about 200,000 square kilometres (77,000 sq mi). At its widest point, it stretches about 1,100 kilometres (684 mi) from east to west between the states of South Australia (SA) and Western Australia (WA). 
    By car, the crossing takes most people a minimum of two long days ( 7hrs driving per day). The heat can easily soar 40 degrees and more.  Petrol stations and road houses are scarce and water is almost nonexistent. There is no mobile coverage  and shade isn't an option however the sunsets on the plain are the best ever.

 Once the sun is down the road is vacant mostly because of the large critters that might nonchalantly amble across the road.  Imagine running into a camel at 100km/hr? 
Our journey across was uneventful until we ran out of fuel 16kms before Norsemen (the end).  Mr.M gets the blame for the optimistic millage calculations. Highlight was the dead silence in the middle of no where' the absolute remoteness and the amazing sunsets.

 Pronounced /ˈnʌlɚbɔr/ NUL-ər-bor.  Thanks to my Aussie girlfriends I finally got the accent just right:)

Nullarbor links is an 18 hole golf course that streches across the Nullarbor spaced kilometers apart. Don't be expecting any green grass to putt on.

"Are We There Yet"

Weary travellers getting excited over a road sign:}

The Smart One Got Away

This came up in the crab trap.