Norseman, was the starting point for the drive across the Nullarbor. Norseman was named for the horse that perportedly pawed up a gold nugget which began the subsequent gold rush in the area. We stopped here just so I could get a picture of the horse statue that the town put in to commemorate the role of the horse in supporting man in their endeavour to find gold.
This is the commemorative plate with the story of Norseman.
The pictures might not look like much but this mountain range runs parallel to the highway from Norseman through to Eucla!
The white in the range is ancient sand dunes! These appear just before the pass through to Eucla.
The highway across the Nullarbor is host to the longest golf course in the world. At each little settlement along the way there is a golf hole.
Another feature of the highway, is that it often meanders close to the Great Australian Bight, offering spectacular views of the headlands and Southern Ocean.
Nullarbor Rest Stop - near the Head of the Bight. The most expensive place in the whole of Australia. A 600ml Diet Coke = $5.00, a bottle of water = $5.00, their response when queried over the price, "Because we can!"
Desert? What desert? The Nullarbor Plains.
I wanted to stop and visit the Head of the Bight, we drove to the headland about 13klms off the highway. When we got there the area was fenced and a visitor information centre and kiosk was the only way to enter the lookout....for a price per person, of course! Quite disgusted, we declined the opportunity of a closer view, so I zoomed in as best I could with my camera from the barrier fence!
Our first night we stayed at a little rundown place called Mundrabilla WA, but it was clean and only cost $20 for the night. Our second and final night crossing the Nullarbor was at a little stop called Nundroo SA. This little caravan park was very rundown also - but again the amenities were clean and it was cheap. That night Mother Nature demonstrated her awesomeness with the most amazing lightning show!
Unfortunately I woke with a huge migraine the next morning and basically slept the day away. So I don't remember much about arriving at Ceduna at the beginning of the Eyre Peninsular (a return to civilisation), so there are no photos until I surface momentarily at Streaky Bay for lunch.
Ever the avid photographer, I roused from my stupor now and again to take in the sparkling bays and green pastures.
Elliston was our final destination for this day and I was very glad it was a drive through site, not much work to setting up for the night!
This is the commemorative plate with the story of Norseman. 
The pictures might not look like much but this mountain range runs parallel to the highway from Norseman through to Eucla!
The white in the range is ancient sand dunes! These appear just before the pass through to Eucla.
Nullarbor Rest Stop - near the Head of the Bight. The most expensive place in the whole of Australia. A 600ml Diet Coke = $5.00, a bottle of water = $5.00, their response when queried over the price, "Because we can!"
Desert? What desert? The Nullarbor Plains.
Our first night we stayed at a little rundown place called Mundrabilla WA, but it was clean and only cost $20 for the night. Our second and final night crossing the Nullarbor was at a little stop called Nundroo SA. This little caravan park was very rundown also - but again the amenities were clean and it was cheap. That night Mother Nature demonstrated her awesomeness with the most amazing lightning show!
Ever the avid photographer, I roused from my stupor now and again to take in the sparkling bays and green pastures.
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