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| Southern Cross |
Two days before our scheduled departure, Steve and I caught Covid. This delayed us leaving for sometime.
Eventually, Southern Cross caravan park welcomed us for our first night with the cheapest camp site of our journey at $16 per night.
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| Balladonia |
The next morning we were on our way again on the road to Balladonia. At Norseman we were notified of the closure of the Eyre Highway near Yalata; two trucks had collided, all occupants died at the scene. Yalata was two days ahead of us, so we rode on until we handed over $50 to camp at Balladonia together with no drinking water. The road house were willing to fill our water bottles but this was a great inconvenience to us.
The Balladonia sunset soothed our souls before we settled in for a chicken parmi in the dining room and a dark night in the tent.
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Madura Pass
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The open road beckoned us onwards and by lunch time we were truck spotting at Madura Pass lookout and smiling all the while.
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| Eucla |
There was room for our little tent at Eucla but by 5pm the camp ground was full and caravaners were turned away. The accident near Yalata had bearded those travelling west and there simply wasn’t room for everyone.
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| Kimba, half way across Australia |
Day 4 and we were on the road to Ceduna. We had passed this way many times before so the savage winds across the plains of Penong were expected and wearied us still. Ceduna was a haven amongst the dust and dreams of our Nullarbor crossing and we were delighted to camp on grass in this fishermen’s town.
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| Top of Germein Pass |
We never feel our Nullarbor crossing is complete until we have Port Augusta well in our sights. The western sun shining on the Flinders Range welcomed us for many a mile of riding and by early afternoon on the 5th day, our Nullarbor crossing was complete.
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