Nullabor

yeoeleven · Guru

Nullabor

gordon_adl · Senior Member

Good luck, take your time and enjoy. I'll be heading out that way in Nov.

Brian88 · Senior Member

come across the Nullabour once and there was a rabbit plague it was like running over cane toads , splat spat etc.

jonathan · Guru

You should enjoy Cactus area .. especially if you surf .. sharks took a bloke there last year, but I never saw any whenever I went there years ago as a youngster.

There's 3 good breaks there .. Cunz (which comes into a rocky point where you often get a choice at the last minute to go either right or left) .. Cactus (can provide both breaks depending on the swell) & Castles, which was smack in the middle of a seaweed bed.. and waves would not break even at 3 metres .. was usually ridden with a 4" single fin ..

memories .........

Jon

Travel Bug · Guru

Safe and happy travels John.

Enjoy!!!!

Cheers. smile

Travel Bug · Guru

Jon, Love your new avatar...

The likeness is amazing!!! biggrin

jonathan · Guru

like this better !

Travel Bug · Guru

NO!!!

That dog is scary!!!!

-- Edited by Travel Bug on Monday 3rd of October 2011 09:00:59 PM

Happywanderer · The Master

Have a great trip across the Nullabor John. Take it slow and enjoy.

jules47 · The Happy Helper

Enjoy John!!

milo · Guru

id love to do Nullabor , i think some one said the breaks between towns arnt that bad? ie for fuel etc..
good luck and let us know it goes.

bronnie · Senior Member

Have a great trip John! smile biggrin smile

RALPHRALPH · Senior Member

good luck take plenty off photos

Esmeralda · Guru

Have a great trip John - one of my dreams to travel the Nullabor

billeeeeeee · Guru

This is John , when we left Ceduna

Elle on Wheels · Guru

Hey Billeeeeeee what is that strange pink thing he is holding in his hand? Mr Excitement is on his way to WA - look out everyone.

billeeeeeee · Guru

Elle on Wheels wrote:
Hey Billeeeeeee what is that strange pink thing he is holding in his hand? Mr Excitement is on his way to WA - look out everyone.
Howdyeeeee Elle its His camra,,,enjoyed the time traveling with John...fun Guy,,, take care Elle ,, and stay excited..........Billeeeeeee

gordon_adl · Senior Member

Heading out in november to do the nullarbor. Can't wait to see John's pictures so I can have a good idea things around there.

Elle on Wheels · Guru

The Nullabor is great and I cross it whenever I have the opportunity.

snapper49 · Senior Member

Did it last november I found it nothing like I expected Many places to camp, some beautiful scenery especially along the Head of the Bight,whale watching was a high light
On the north side of the highway an impressive range of hills
We actually didnt see much in the way of animals but plenty of decorated trees

Elle on Wheels · Guru

snapper49 wrote:
Did it last november I found it nothing like I expected Many places to camp, some beautiful scenery especially along the Head of the Bight,whale watching was a high light
On the north side of the highway an impressive range of hills
We actually didnt see much in the way of animals but plenty of decorated trees

Decorated trees - was it xmas? :) It's such beautiful country and so isolated and it's incredible to think of the early explorers crossing it by horse and establishing a telegraph line etc... although there was some boat travel involved as well from memory.

snapper49 · Senior Member

decorated trees like a saucepan tree, a bra tree, a shoe tree, a beer can tree,a knicker tree etc I thinkk you get the pic

You get to see a fair bit of the bight as you travel very close to the coast

snapper49 · Senior Member

Early morning shot of the plain itself

yeoeleven · Guru

Arrived in Esperance and booked into the Bushlands Holiday Village Camp6 40 for 7 nights at $20 per night with the last night free, Have heard much about Esperance and decided to check out the area for myself.

So about my Nullabor trip, I will make 3 posts covering the 3 days with photos relevant to the day.

Tuesday set off from Ceduna but the weather was poor and it rained all the way to Penong so I didn't go to Cactus Beach but carried on to the Scenic Look out Camp6 805 just over 300 kms where I free camped next to the most staggering views, the colour of the ocean was vibrant the pics came out ok but you had to see it to believe. I bought a smart charger 16 amps before I set off and used the generator to charge up the batteries, run the fridge and power the laptop, with the solar working on the top of the van all is going well. Last+notice.JPG Marine+lookout3.JPG Marine+Lookout.JPG

pauline · Guru

One of my favourite things i have heard is, LIFE IS NOT MEASURED BY THE NUMBER OF BREATHS WE TAKE, BUT BY THE MOMENTS THAT TAKE OUR BREATH AWAY, i imagine this would be one of them.
Cheers

yeoeleven · Guru

Wednesday and I set off from the Scenic Look out but the weather was overcast and whilst I went to all the nominated camera locations I was not able to get good photos. Arrived at Moodini Bluff Camp6 9 and settled in for the night. Am now 650 kms from Ceduna with no internet or TV so the music on my mobile phone got a good work out. For the most it is very plain scenery but the excitement comes from the realization that I am actually driving across the Nullabor.

yeoeleven · Guru

I am now 100 kms from Norseman so I must have traveled 440 kms today. Had to buy fuel at Madura, Caiguna and Balladonia all up $126 and now am staying at Frasers Range Rest Area in another free camp. What can I say about today? Kilometer after kilometer of pretty much the same scenery. There was a sign just after Caiguna pointing to a blowhole, I took the bush track for several kms until it stopped at a parking area. I got out and went on to find the blowhole, I got lost and was very worried trying to find the car or the road, fortunately the solar saved me because I remembered the position of the sun in relation to the solar. I realized that I was in the wrong direction this got me back on track and I found the car. Further on stopped and took a video of 360 degrees of nothing at all. Australia's longest straight stretch of road from Caiguna towards Balladonia some 146 kms came and went. A little feathered friend called in to say hello, he probably was fed regularly by truckers and he has lost his fear.

ChiChi1 · Guru

Yeo, be a bit more careful leaving you van!!!!!

snapper49 · Senior Member

Good to see you got across okay Was thinking we should here from you tonight or tomorrow but I suspected from norseman not Esperance Well done

Elle on Wheels · Guru

Wow you have crossed in great speed. A bit of a worry getting lost at Caiguna, that could have been serious. Esperance is beautiful so enjoy your time there. If you want to spend a couple of days in Albany the Kalgan River park is a great spot - see Blaze's posts.