Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The Final Leg.

After sadly waving goodbye to South WA which is quietly spectacular, we headed to Norseman and the start of the Eyre Hwy - AKA the Nullarbor.



It was a long way to go....



First nights stop was at this very pretty place.



Lachlan instructed me on the precise art of marshmallow toasting - I'm now a convert.


Despite the warning signs the wildlife escaped the dangers of the Rav, and the Rav escaped further violation.


It was a really long road. Everyone deserves a little shut eye. Even if it means wearing their girlfriends eye mask.


Bye Bye WA - Hello friendly South Australians.


The great Australian Bight made for some spectacular scenery.


And large numbers of Southern Right Whales flapping about with their baby calves.


A little town in SA worthy of a lunch stop.....


The right direction for the Rav to have his own ears.


Despite our Roo fear we risked a spot of sunset driving. Surely they are all up at the flooded Lake Eyre.


After retreating into a cabin from the gale force gusts on our final night, we awoke to a flat tyre....


Lucky the instructions advised Lachy not to get "bodily" under the elevated car....


Whoops - turns out we had let the tyre be pretty much shredded... The little wires were poking through.... A very relevant reason not to overload your soft wheel drive.


Ah, back to Victoria and rain. But how pretty are rainbows?


A brief stop in at Murrayville and my old childhood home.


After travelling through the NT, WA, SA and Vic, why not pop into NSW for a beer when nearly home?

Sadly we say farewell to the Rav, and more importantly our wonderful friends and family in Aus. Next stop is France. Please come and visit!



1 comment:

  1. What a great trip! I'm very jealous of the beautiful places that you've been. I've been to all of the ones in WA, but they're so beautiful, I miss them and I want to see them again.

    We miss you up here in Darwin, but we'll catch up again one day.

    Peter

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