We Made it to Western Australia



The start of the Nullarbor in S.A



Wednesday 8th Feb; we started the long drive across the Nullarbor stopping for a look at The Great Australian Bite, AWESOME! We made it to the W.A. Border, stopping to hand over our honey, which the lady told us when we crossed into S.A. that as well as fruit/ vegies W.A don't like you to bring in honey and walnuts?  We pulled in for our photo of crossing the border then drove a few km's down the road to stay the night at Eucla thinking the day was getting on, again we forgot about the time difference, we had actually gained another 2 hours. Once set up we had our tea which by W.A. time was 4.30pm, it is going to take the body a bit of getting used to! W.A. doesn't have daylight saving either.



The Great Australian Bite





Yeh, we made it to the border!



Thursday 9th Feb; We were awake and up at 5.30am, because it is daylight then, we were packed and ready to go by 7am. Bbefore we left Eucla we took a little look around visiting the ruins of the Old Telegraph Station then we headed off to finish the drive across the Nullarbor. We had gone 130 km down the road before we stopped for a quick break when I then realised I had left my very comfortable thongs sitting on the sand back at the Telegraph Station, I was not impressed with myself ! We finished the drive across the Nullarbor, including the 'longest straight stretch of road in Australia', which is 146.6km long and stayed the night in Norseman.



The old telegragh station at Eucla.



Sunset at Eucla





Friday 10th Feb; Today we were very excited because for Pete and I it was the first time we were going to be driving south down to Esperance. After a visit to the Norseman Information centre, where Tom and Charlie received a certificate for crossing the Nullarbor, we had a bit of a look around the small township. Norseman still survives on its mining of Gold and other minerals and the town ship is surrounded by quite a few salt lakes and very arid land. Turning south out of town we headed on down to Esperance. Our first impression was it is a windy place right on the coast! This is not all true, the wind seems to pick up mid afternoon and does die down by night time. After we had set up we jumped on the bikes to explore this beautiful coastal spot. The wind didn't allow us to go far, for the ride along the esplanade even though lovely looking at the blue water, was ruined by the sand blasting we were getting off the beach, We were excited  for tomorrow to come so as we could go exploring and swim in these pristine waters, hopefully with less wind!