Well what can you say except “ We did the Nullarbor”. The 146kms of straight road is straight and the treeless plain is treeless. The wind howled and we had the worst fuel economy for the trip so far – bad time! The road trains hurtled by and every time we saw one Ian had to put down the window and hold out the mirror because the force of the drag whacked the mirrors back into the side of the car.
The Bunya Cliffs and the Great Australian Bight are spectacular, we called into a couple of stops on the way to check them out and take photos and also paid the fee to be able to see the head of the Bight. Unfortunately it was too late for the whales but you can’t be everywhere at the same time.
Many of the viewing points are being closed down and we (along with several others) actually drove over a dirt barrier to get into one of the listed scenic lookouts just so we could get a ‘freebie’ look.
Not much wildlife about we saw one live kangaroo and a few flocks of budgies and lots of dead budgies on the road. They were sat in the roadway and too small to see until you were on top of them and then they tried to fly away but only ended up hitting the front of the car – very sad.
Oh and we did see one eagle plus a hawk which was hovering totally stationery out from the cliffs at the head of the Bight.
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