Trucks awaiting inspection for fruit fly at the border
Sign at the start of the Nullabor Plain
Book says it is pan flat. The reality is different as this picture shows.
The Bunda Cliffs and Southern Ocean
Bright blue Southern Ocean
Chris trying to help a Bob Tailed Lizard across the road.
The Bob Tailed Lizard is not grateful or impressed!
Talking shelter as a truck kicks up the gravel shoulder.
Trucks carrying oversized loads are common.
Small cyclist crossing the large open Nullabor Plain
Another day on the
narrower but generally smoother (and paler) SA road. When there is a truck
coming the other way I look behind me and if there is a potential clash I stop
to allow the trucks to pass. Otherwise trucks coming my way pull over to pass
on the other side which is safer for me. I rather like the trucks coming bay as
they push my 5kph faster for a while. The opposite is true for the oncoming
trucks which have a bow wave that practically sops me in my tracks even though
I crouch down in readiness. Wow that was a strong headwind today. Until 3 pm it
was 20mph plus straight in the face and cold at under 16 C max. I had a base
layer, my bright jersey and heavy arm warmers and full gloves and was cold
pretty much all the time. After 3pm the wind veered to the right a bit but got
stronger so I still struggled to hold 20 kph.
It was sunny most
of the way and we stopped off at a couple of lookouts which showed the most
colourful sea I’ve seen. Almost looked fake. Views were restricted as the Bunda
cliffs are crumbling and won’t let people too close. No whales today.
Most of the day is
riding across the Nullabor Plain which means treeless plain. It is just low heat
type saltbush vegetation. This is the iconic part of the ride across Australia.
Come across a
wrecked caravan which was off the road down an embankment. What a mess. Find a
like Bob Tailed Lizard crossing the road. Try to help it across but it displays
at us and in the end get a bowl and plate to scoop It up and carry it across.
It does not look happy the ungrateful so and so!
I was making so
little headway that I was almost at the point of giving up and doing a bit
tomorrow but in the end I got the full 150 km done and arrived at the famous
Nullabor Roadhouse in time for a late afternoon/early evening drive to look or
night life. Had good views of a couple of separate Dingos which is a first for
us driving south on the fence road leading from a point 1.2 km east of the
roadhouse. The fence was hundreds of km long put in to keep Dingos out of
Queensland but they were both sides tonight and tomorrow we can see it is
broken down in many places.
151.35 km today in
7 hours 22 minutes – an average of 20.5 kph. Total so far 1832.98 km
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