Sunrise at Bunda Cliffs – beautiful and mystic with sea mist rising up the cliff.

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We packed up the shower tent and found a scorpion beneath it…glad it did not find its way in during the night…the late night toilet run could have been interesting! 🦂We were on the road early as we had 720 km ahead of us to Norseman.

The Nullabor landscape was surprisingly green but flat with occasional glimpses of the Southern Ocean. Plenty of dead wildlife with some spectacular eagles feasting (and hundreds of crows). A couple of big lizards had a lucky escape from under the wheels and a small group  of emus were standing by the side of the highway waiting to  cross…

We soon arrived at the WA border and after a thorough inspection by the quarantine officers we continued on, stopping at Mundrabilla for fuel and coffee.

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The coffee was not up to scratch for Gordie however so he grabbed some hot chips.

We got to talking with a road train driver… really interesting hearing how they operate – and found out we were at the halfway point between Perth and Port Augusta where the truckies swap over and sleep.

We continued on and stopped for lunch at Madura. Gordon broke out the generator and made us all a “REAL” coffee – styling!

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We hammered out the last few hundred kms including the longest stretch of straight road in Australia and arrived in Norseman while it was still light, thankful again for an uneventful day’s journey.

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Arriving at the rest area we set up and had planned to light a campfire when the southerly hit and it began to rain. The plan for the next day was to leave at 0600 to get the Esperance, grab some groceries and sort out Dave’ s caravan battery and get to Cape LeGrande national park early to get a camping spot.