Left Kalgoorlie about 9:00 and headed north to an old mining town called Menzies. Menzies is on the Goldfields Highway 130km north of Kalgoorlie. Turns out despite the apparent lack of residents, the town has created a historic record of its glory days as a gold mining centre. Apparently at one stage there were 13 pubs in Menzies, today we didn't see 13 people. We spent a fascinating hour strolling up and down the immaculate main street reading about the town's h...

Woke to a magnificent sunrise. Short drive into Kalgoorlie after quick trip around Kambalda this morning. Reminded us of Roxby Downs. Had a day of sorting things out and shopping in Kalgoorlie. Staying in Prospector Holiday Park. Quite ok but makes you appreciate how good it is camping in the bush. Ready to head off first thing, hopefully with trailer airbags functioning properly. Girls got the washing done and stocked up on groceries from a very busy Woolworths...

Camped in the National Park near Cocklebiddy on the Nullarbor last night. Drove in about 2km from the road and found a great spot in amongst the bush. We were on the road ridiculously early due to our body clocks not recognising WA time is 2 and a half hours different to ours. Highlights of today included a brief stop at Caiguna Blowhole, travelling the 150 kilometres of straight road between Caiguna and Balladonia, visiting the Cultural Museum at Balledonia, bu...

Left our bush camp relatively early for us (9:00am) Had a thoroughly enjoyable drive across the most barren section of the Nullarbor. Our day was punctuated with several short detours to quite spectacular vantage points that provide amazing views of the Great Australian Bight. Some of the cliffs are vertical drops of 100s of feet and continue into the distance for as far as the eye can see. Needless to say progress was slow with so many stop offs, but they were...

Enjoyed an early morning walk and swim before packing up camp. 10:30 departure from Perlubie and next stop Smokey Bay. Smokey is a quiet fishing village with a thriving oyster industry. At least it used to be quiet. We saw about 100 boat trailers at the ramp and dozens of tinnies spread out all over the bay. Number plates in the car park indicated the vast majority were "interstaters" cashing in on the whiting available (at least for now) in this beautiful bay. ...