A reasonably early start to the day and we were pleased that at that point it was not raining however, as we drove towards Norseman the showers came again. We had a brief stop at Norseman, a very old gold mining town that has got absolutely nothing going for it, where we had morning coffee and a refuel before departing full steam ahead, as John wanted to cover a lot of kilometres across the Nullarbor before our evening stop.
The drive along the Eyre highway was quite interesting with varying vegetation etc. The road was quite straight but we were careful not to veer off the road. Because of the recent heavy rains the sides of the road were very boggy looking and in some places we could actually see where large transports had been bogged. The rain started again and the boggy areas looked even worse.
We came across the sign that announced we were about to travel Australia’s longest straight road - The 90 Mile Straight (146.6 Kilometres). We also saw signs that indicated the 18 golf holes that are scattered over the Nullarbor. Also a number of signs warning of wildlife in the area to avoid, Camels, Emus and Kangaroos, but we saw nothing!
The rain persisted for a great part of the journey but finally fined up not long before we reached what was to be our overnight stop at Cocklebiddy. Our drive today covered some 665 kms, a marvellous effort by John who refuses to let me help out with the driving.
Another refuel, early dinner tonight and then bed.
Clocked up 20,000 kms during this part of our trip.
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| Started off fine as we moved along the Eyre Highway but rain clouds ahead. |
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| The heavens opened and the highway became very wet. |
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Flooding along the Eyre.
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| And it was like a gun barrel. |
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| Sunset at the Cocklebiddy Roadhouse - quite a surprise packet. |
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