We left our campsite just west of Penong and headed first to see the Woolshed Museum a few km up the road. It gave us an insight into life in this area over the last century and beyond. We spent time talking to the volunteer on duty who told us that the road down to Cactus Beach has recently been graded so we decided to drive the 20km to see this iconic Australian surf beach. The road meanders through lush green farmland and then past the salt flats of Lake McDon...

We left our Nullarbor campsite mid-morning and headed straight for the Nullarbor Roadhouse to refuel. As we did on the trip over, we took photos at the iconic yellow road sign saying to watch out for camels, wombats and kangaroos for the next 88km. We also checked out the original Nullarbor Roadhouse building, with its historic fuel pumps and ancient cash register. We also got to see an RFDS airplane out the back behind the motel on the airstrip. A funny thing h...

Well, we made it across the border and back in to South Australia today. We left our Mundrabilla campsite late morning as usual and headed straight to the roadhouse at Eucla to top up fuel. In our opinion Eucla is the nicest of the roadhouses on the Nullarbor, perhaps a little more modern than the others. Aside from having a view of the ocean a couple of miles south of the roadhouse, it also has a fantastic and unexpectedly beautiful garden oasis out the back com...

We started our trek across the Nullarbor today, leaving our lovely camp at Nadia Landing and heading through Penong, and straight as the crow flies along the Ayre Highway. It was surprising to both of us to see how green the landscape was, with lots of trees and shrubs. Where was the real Nullarbor? Wasn't it meant to be dry, dusty and treeless?Sure, we'd seen heaps of caravans going both ways and the odd massive truck, but it didn't feel all that isolated. It w...

Woke up to a bright sunny sky outside my bedroom window today. We were camped on the beach basically in a car park of a tourist attraction not far from Streaky Bay. A couple in a motor home also stayed here last night but they were up early (unlike us) and were gone by 7.30am. Made a coffee and enjoyed drinking it sitting outside in the sun, then started to pack up and eat breakfast. Shame all our washing, which we'd hung out last night, was still wet with morni...